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511. Berhampore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BERHAMPORE

RSP 48.8%won by 4.8%INC 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 4.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 79.0%.

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

Electorate
11,66,530
Turnout
79.0%
Valid votes
9,22,076
Margin
44,357
4.81%

Candidates

9 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1PRAMOTHES MUKHERJEERashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,49,65648.8%
  2. 2SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR RAYIndian National Congress · INC4,05,29944.0%
  3. 3SUBHENDU BISWASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP56,0736.1%
  4. 4NAIMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2,8860.3%
  5. 5GOPAL DASIndependent · IND2,2250.2%
  6. 6BADARUDDIN AMEDMUL · MUL1,9320.2%
  7. 7HAJI MD.IDRISPBRML · PBRML1,9260.2%
  8. 8CHITTA RANJAN SARKARAMB · AMB1,2660.1%
  9. 9KAJAL GOONIndependent · IND8130.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−5.2%
RSP share
43.6% → 48.8%
INC share
33.6% → 44.0%
Turnout
74.2% → 79.0%
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