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256. Sonamukhi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SONAMUKHI

CPM 56.2%won by 21.4%INC 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 21.4%.

  • 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
1,14,531
Margin
24,492
21.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HARADHAN BAURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM64,37656.2%
  2. 2PULAKESH SAHAIndian National Congress · INC39,88434.8%
  3. 3HARISADHAN LOHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,0686.2%
  4. 4TARANI ROYIndependent · IND3,1042.7%
  5. 5ASWINI KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND990.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−1.4%
CPM share
54.9% → 56.2%
INC share
32.2% → 34.8%
Turnout
— → —
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