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Constituency

249. Gangajalghati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-GANGAJALGHATI

CPM 59.4%won by 21.9%INC 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,07,609
Margin
23,603
21.93%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−6.5%
CPM share
58.6% 59.4%
INC share
30.2% 37.5%
Turnout