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Constituency

273. Raina

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RAINA

CPM 65.2%won by 37.4%INC 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.3% to 37.4%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,22,094
Margin
45,609
37.36%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+3.1%
CPM share
62.2% 65.2%
INC share
27.9% 27.9%
Turnout