Election
Constituency

248. Chhatna

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-CHHATNA

RSP 51.6%won by 13.1%INC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 13.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 82.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
95,724
Margin
12,502
13.06%

Candidates

9 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1SUBHAS GOSWAMIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP49,36251.6%
  2. 2SWAPAN MONDALIndian National Congress · INC36,86038.5%
  3. 3ASHOK BIDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6303.8%
  4. 4KISKU BHUTNATHIndependent · IND2,5932.7%
  5. 5KANAI MONDALIndependent · IND1,4801.5%
  6. 6KRISHNA CHANDRA MURMUIndependent · IND7640.8%
  7. 7GOPAL BANERJEEIndependent · IND4120.4%
  8. 8PRABHAT RANJAN MUKHERJEESamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3600.4%
  9. 9DHANANJOY RAKSHITIndependent · IND2630.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−8.8%
RSP share
52.1% → 51.6%
INC share
30.2% → 38.5%
Turnout
— → —
247. Indpur249. Gangajalghati
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