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265. Durgapur-Ii

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DURGAPUR-II

CPM 50.8%won by 14.6%INC 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 14.6%.

  • 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
1,87,678
Margin
27,392
14.60%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DEBABRATA BENERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM95,29850.8%
  2. 2MALAY KANTI DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC67,90636.2%
  3. 3SOMNATH BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,84210.6%
  4. 4CHAMARU ORAMIndependent · IND1,7080.9%
  5. 5ALOKE DUTTAIndependent · IND9840.5%
  6. 6SABITRI MANDIAMB · AMB6370.3%
  7. 7DEBKUMAR DUTTAIndependent · IND5780.3%
  8. 8RAVI SANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND3670.2%
  9. 9HARENDRA BHAKTAIndependent · IND2580.1%
  10. 10DEVENDRA PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND1000.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−1.4%
CPM share
50.5% → 50.8%
INC share
34.5% → 36.2%
Turnout
— → —
264. Durgapur-I266. Kanksa
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