Constituency
249. Gangajalghati
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-GANGAJALGHATI
CPM 59.4%won by 21.9%INC 37.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 21.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,07,609
Margin
23,603
21.93%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1ANGAD BAURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM63,94959.4%
- 2GUIRAM MAJIIndian National Congress · INC40,34637.5%
- 3RANJIT MONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3143.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −6.5%
- CPM share
- 58.6% → 59.4%
- INC share
- 30.2% → 37.5%
- Turnout
- — → —