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506. Raiganj

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-RAIGANJ

CPM 43.8%won by 1.3%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.0% to 1.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 79.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 78.7%.

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

Electorate
11,11,134
Turnout
78.7%
Valid votes
8,74,760
Margin
10,956
1.25%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUBRATA MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,83,05143.8%
  2. 2GOLAM YAZDANIIndian National Congress · INC3,72,09542.5%
  3. 3UTPALENDU SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP92,14310.5%
  4. 4RAMDAS MANDALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL10,2921.2%
  5. 5DHIREN DASIndependent · IND5,9890.7%
  6. 6MOQBUL HOSSAINIndependent · IND4,2340.5%
  7. 7PURNA SINHAIndependent · IND2,8190.3%
  8. 8MD. SALIMUDDINIndependent · IND1,7900.2%
  9. 9SRIDAM THOKDARAMB · AMB1,7780.2%
  10. 10MAHENDRA MAHATOIndependent · IND5690.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−2.8%
CPM share
41.8% → 43.8%
INC share
37.8% → 42.5%
Turnout
72.9% → 78.7%
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