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508. Malda

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MALDA

INC 48.8%won by 10.5%CPM 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 10.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.1% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.6% to 84.5%.

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

Electorate
10,13,006
Turnout
84.5%
Valid votes
8,55,664
Margin
89,822
10.50%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABUL BARKAT ATAUL G K CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC4,17,42748.8%
  2. 2SAILEN SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,27,60538.3%
  3. 3BINAY SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP89,25510.4%
  4. 4BASU SANT KUMARIndependent · IND6,6570.8%
  5. 5AGU NASAR KHAN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND3,3170.4%
  6. 6AMINUL ISLAMIndependent · IND2,7280.3%
  7. 7ABDUS SAMAD CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND2,2310.3%
  8. 8MD. NEKMUDDINIndependent · IND2,0240.2%
  9. 9BIRENDRA N. BISWASIndependent · IND1,3290.2%
  10. 10ALI SABERIndependent · IND1,2390.1%
  11. 11AINALIndependent · IND7970.1%
  12. 12NARESH CH. RISHIIndependent · IND6640.1%
  13. 13NIRMAL DASIndependent · IND3910.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+10.2%
INC share
41.1% → 48.8%
CPM share
40.9% → 38.3%
Turnout
76.9% → 84.5%
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