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507. Balurghat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BALURGHAT

RSP 49.0%won by 16.0%INC 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.0% to 16.0%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.7% to 84.1%.
  • 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
10,67,771
Turnout
84.1%
Valid votes
8,98,207
Margin
1,43,707
16.00%

Candidates

7 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1BARMAN RANENRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,40,28349.0%
  2. 2SATYENDRA NATH ROYIndian National Congress · INC2,96,57633.0%
  3. 3MAN MOHAN ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,45,25716.2%
  4. 4GOUR BARMANIndependent · IND8,9451.0%
  5. 5NRIPEN BARMANIndependent · IND2,6850.3%
  6. 6JATINDRA NATH BARMANIndependent · IND2,2680.3%
  7. 7CHITTARANJAN BARMANIndependent · IND2,1930.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
+5.0%
RSP share
45.3% → 49.0%
INC share
34.3% → 33.0%
Turnout
80.5% → 84.1%
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