Election
Constituency

286. Dubrajpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DUBRAJPUR

FBL 57.0%won by 25.6%INC 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.1% to 25.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatFBL 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
1,16,295
Margin
29,774
25.60%

Candidates

8 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1BHAKTI BHUSAN MONDALFBL · FBL66,31257.0%
  2. 2ARUN KUMAR CHAKRAVORTYIndian National Congress · INC36,53831.4%
  3. 3GADADHAR MONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,2547.1%
  4. 4MD. JAFARIndependent · IND3,8523.3%
  5. 5ABRAR KHANIndependent · IND7810.7%
  6. 6GARAI RAMJIBANIndependent · IND2760.2%
  7. 7UTTAM KUMAR MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1980.2%
  8. 8MD. MOHASINIndependent · IND840.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
+2.5%
FBL share
53.2% → 57.0%
INC share
30.0% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
285. Labhpur287. Rajnagar
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