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Constituency

251. Bankura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BANKURA

CPM 50.9%won by 11.8%INC 39.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 11.8%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,26,347
Margin
14,876
11.77%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PARTHA DECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM64,32550.9%
  2. 2ASIS CHAKRABARTTYIndian National Congress · INC49,44939.1%
  3. 3ADHVARYYU CHANDI CHARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,3677.4%
  4. 4JYOTILAL MURMUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,1990.9%
  5. 5GOBARDHAN SHITIndependent · IND1,1400.9%
  6. 6SHITAL ROYIndependent · IND4120.3%
  7. 7SUDAM DUTTAShiv Sena · SHS2590.2%
  8. 8GIRIDHARI SHARMAIndependent · IND1960.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+4.1%
CPM share
49.1% → 50.9%
INC share
41.4% → 39.1%
Turnout
— → —
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