Constituency
279. Purbasthali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-PURBASTHALI
CPM 47.5%won by 15.4%INC 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 15.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way 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
1,28,510
Margin
19,843
15.44%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1DUTTA HIMANGSHUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM61,07647.5%
- 2ANSAR MONDALIndian National Congress · INC41,23332.1%
- 3SWAPAN BHATTACHARYYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,55318.3%
- 4SUBODH MAJUMDARCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,0161.6%
- 5JIBAN KRISHNA DASIndependent · IND3180.2%
- 6KRIPA NATH ROYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3140.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −6.2%
- CPM share
- 44.2% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 22.6% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —