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503. Alipurduars

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-ALIPURDUARS

RSP 53.1%won by 16.7%INC 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.8% to 16.7%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 82.3%.
  • 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
10,00,857
Turnout
82.3%
Valid votes
8,23,563
Margin
1,37,810
16.73%

Candidates

6 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1JOACHIM BAXLARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,37,37153.1%
  2. 2PIUS TIRKEYIndian National Congress · INC2,99,56136.4%
  3. 3INDRA MOHAN RAVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP65,4938.0%
  4. 4PHAGURAM BARHAIKCHIKIndependent · IND16,0602.0%
  5. 5SAUL LAKRAIndependent · IND4,5050.5%
  6. 6AMIYA RANJAN BARUAIndependent · IND5730.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−2.1%
RSP share
52.8% → 53.1%
INC share
34.0% → 36.4%
Turnout
75.3% → 82.3%
502. Cooch Behar504. Jalpaiguri
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