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Constituency

288. Suri

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SURI

INC 49.9%won by 5.0%CPM 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.0% to 49.9% of the vote here (+7.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 88.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,34,809
Margin
6,739
5.00%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+9.0%
INC share
42.0% 49.9%
CPM share
46.0% 44.9%
Turnout