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Constituency

257. Kulti

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KULTI

FBL 44.0%won by 1.6%INC 42.4%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 1.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — 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
1,13,221
Margin
1,865
1.65%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−27.8%
FBL share
49.0% 44.0%
INC share
19.5% 42.4%
Turnout