Election
Constituency

258. Barabani

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BARABANI

INC 50.4%won by 7.6%CPM 42.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.3% to 50.4% of the vote here (+7.1%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,21,476
Margin
9,266
7.63%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANIK UPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC61,22550.4%
  2. 2PARESH MAJICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,95942.8%
  3. 3JITEN RAJOWARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,0724.2%
  4. 4ABIKAL SORENIndependent · IND1,2491.0%
  5. 5JAGDISH RAJAKIndependent · IND1,0510.9%
  6. 6SWAPAN DASIndependent · IND4300.4%
  7. 7BADRI SINGHIndependent · IND2460.2%
  8. 8KANAI DASIndependent · IND2440.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+9.8%
INC share
43.3% → 50.4%
CPM share
45.5% → 42.8%
Turnout
— → —
257. Kulti259. Hirapur
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