Constituency
259. Hirapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-HIRAPUR
INC 33.1%won by 6.2%JD 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 67.2% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
96,023
Margin
5,940
6.19%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1SHYAMADAS BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC31,81333.1%
- 2MUMTAZ HASSANJanata Dal · JD25,87326.9%
- 3PARAS DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,44324.4%
- 4MD. SAHRAB ALIIndependent · IND9,64210.0%
- 5ANJALI TUDUIndependent · IND1,0831.1%
- 6DIPALI MONDALIndependent · IND6860.7%
- 7NETAJI PADA BOSEIndependent · IND6570.7%
- 8NARU GOPAL ROYAMB · AMB5530.6%
- 9PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND4170.4%
- 10DIPAK MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3710.4%
- 11SHAKIL AHMADAIICT · AIICT3400.4%
- 12BOLBINDAR SINGHIndependent · IND3110.3%
- 13JOYTASNA MAJIIndependent · IND1810.2%
- 14MITHAI LAL RAJBHARIndependent · IND1710.2%
- 15SAMIR KR. DEYIndependent · IND1610.2%
- 16BHAGABAT KR. BANIKIndependent · IND1610.2%
- 17ASHIS MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1600.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- +7.9%
- INC share
- 32.7% → 33.1%
- JD share
- 34.5% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —