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253. Vishnupur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-VISHNUPUR

CPM 56.1%won by 20.3%INC 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.8% to 20.3%.

  • 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
1,19,373
Margin
24,250
20.31%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JAYANTA CHOWDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM67,00056.1%
  2. 2BUDDHADEB MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC42,75035.8%
  3. 3DHIRENDRA NATH DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,2276.9%
  4. 4ASH BIRESWARShiv Sena · SHS1,3961.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.5%
CPM share
55.4% → 56.1%
INC share
31.6% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
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