Constituency
510. Murshidabad
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-MURSHIDABAD
CPM 46.5%won by 3.8%INC 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.3% to 3.8%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.1% to 85.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,37,493
Turnout
85.5%
Valid votes
9,72,543
Margin
37,185
3.82%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPM- 1MASUDAL HOSSAIN SYEDCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,52,27346.5%
- 2ANARUL HOSSAIN KHANIndian National Congress · INC4,15,08842.7%
- 3AMULYA MONDOLBharatiya Janata Party · BJP60,3396.2%
- 4ABDUS SALAMIndependent · IND23,7342.4%
- 5SARKAR GOPINATHIndependent · IND8,5590.9%
- 6ANSARI MOHAMMAD ALIPBRML · PBRML5,1530.5%
- 7SAKTA ROYIndependent · IND3,1180.3%
- 8ABBAS ALIMUL · MUL2,3630.2%
- 9NARENDRA NATH BISWASAMB · AMB1,3790.1%
- 10JOYNAL ABEDINIndependent · IND5370.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −10.4%
- CPM share
- 48.4% → 46.5%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- 79.4% → 85.5%