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264. Durgapur-I

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DURGAPUR-I

CPM 51.8%won by 14.8%INC 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.1% to 14.8%.

  • 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
1,15,023
Margin
16,995
14.78%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MRINAL BANERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM59,63051.8%
  2. 2MRIGENDRANATH PALIndian National Congress · INC42,63537.1%
  3. 3AKHIL MONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,9967.0%
  4. 4MADHUSUDAN SINHAIndependent · IND2,6482.3%
  5. 5RABINSEN TUDUIndependent · IND9410.8%
  6. 6MUKUL SAMANTAAMB · AMB2710.2%
  7. 7KANAN BANERJEEIndependent · IND2460.2%
  8. 8BRHAMDEO GUPTAIndependent · IND2320.2%
  9. 9LAKSHMINARAYAN RAJBHARIndependent · IND2240.2%
  10. 10MADHUSUDAN BANERJEEIndependent · IND2000.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−1.3%
CPM share
50.5% → 51.8%
INC share
34.4% → 37.1%
Turnout
— → —
263. Ukhra265. Durgapur-Ii
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