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Constituency

284. Bolpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BOLPUR

RSP 61.2%won by 38.6%INC 22.6%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.8% to 38.6%.

  • Safe seatRashtriya Sarvajan Party 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,06,421
Margin
41,090
38.61%

Candidates

8 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1TAPAN HORERashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP65,12161.2%
  2. 2SIBSANKAR BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC24,03122.6%
  3. 3SUSIL BISWASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,69911.9%
  4. 4NANDADULAL PRAMANIKIndependent · IND2,7012.5%
  5. 5SAMBUNATH GARAIIndependent · IND1,1691.1%
  6. 6MD. ALAMGIRIndependent · IND3390.3%
  7. 7SHYAMAL CHANDRA BHOWMICKIndependent · IND2490.2%
  8. 8BANSHIDHAR SINGHIndependent · IND1120.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
+27.8%
RSP share
48.1% → 61.2%
INC share
37.3% → 22.6%
Turnout
— → —
283. Nanur285. Labhpur
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