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504. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JALPAIGURI

CPM 48.7%won by 12.6%INC 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 12.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.2% to 83.8%.
  • 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
10,65,484
Turnout
83.8%
Valid votes
8,92,384
Margin
1,12,462
12.60%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JITENDRA NATH DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,34,57748.7%
  2. 2DEB PRASAD ROYIndian National Congress · INC3,22,11536.1%
  3. 3SISIR KUMAR LAHIRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP79,1958.9%
  4. 4MIHIR KUMAR ROYFBS · FBS27,6073.1%
  5. 5UPENDRA NATH ROYIndependent · IND8,5881.0%
  6. 6SANKAR KUMAR GANGULIIndependent · IND6,5100.7%
  7. 7JOYGOPAL DASAMB · AMB5,4840.6%
  8. 8JAJNESWAR ROYIndependent · IND2,7580.3%
  9. 9KINSUK MAJUMDERIndependent · IND2,4310.3%
  10. 10SUDIPTA BISWASIndependent · IND1,4830.2%
  11. 11AMIT MOITRAIndependent · IND8440.1%
  12. 12SURENDRA KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND7920.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.1%
CPM share
50.2% → 48.7%
INC share
34.4% → 36.1%
Turnout
76.5% → 83.8%
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