Constituency

261. Raniganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RANIGANJ

CPM 62.8%won by 31.4%INC 31.4%

What changed here

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.5% to 31.4%.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.2% of the vote between them, up from 84.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

1,13,570

Margin

35,648

31.39%

6 contested · winner CPM

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