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505. Darjeeling

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DARJEELING

CPM 45.9%won by 9.9%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.9%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.0% to 45.9% of the vote here (+4.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 89.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 64.2%.

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

Electorate
12,12,950
Turnout
64.2%
Valid votes
7,78,249
Margin
77,124
9.91%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+16.9%
CPM share
41.0% 45.9%
INC share
48.1% 36.0%
Turnout
67.3% 64.2%