Election
Constituency

291. Rampurhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RAMPURHAT

FBL 44.8%won by 9.0%BJP 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 9.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.7% — a tighter two-way 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
1,14,216
Margin
10,223
8.95%

Candidates

9 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1MAHAMMAD HANNANFBL · FBL51,13944.8%
  2. 2SATYEN DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,91635.8%
  3. 3TRIDIB BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC18,64516.3%
  4. 4SIDDHARTHA ROYFBS · FBS1,0140.9%
  5. 5BECHARAM SARKARIndependent · IND9630.8%
  6. 6ASHOK DAWNIndependent · IND7230.6%
  7. 7HASNAT KHURSID YEASINIndependent · IND3770.3%
  8. 8BALARAM MONDALAMB · AMB3530.3%
  9. 9TAPAN BOSEIndependent · IND860.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–BJP swing
−0.8%
FBL share
39.7% → 44.8%
BJP share
30.0% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
290. Mayureswar292. Hansan
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