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512. Krishnagar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KRISHNAGAR

CPM 45.9%won by 4.4%INC 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.0% to 4.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 83.1%.

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

Electorate
10,69,985
Turnout
83.1%
Valid votes
8,89,026
Margin
38,910
4.38%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AJOAY MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,08,38945.9%
  2. 2SRI JYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC3,69,47941.6%
  3. 3CHUNI LAL DATTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP71,2898.0%
  4. 4ARIJIT MITTERCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL10,9681.2%
  5. 5KHODA BAKSH SK.Independent · IND10,1081.1%
  6. 6RAGHUNATH BANERJEEShiv Sena · SHS6,4220.7%
  7. 7SRIMANTA MAZUMDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,2740.4%
  8. 8ABUL QUASEMIndependent · IND2,5730.3%
  9. 9SEKH RAHAM (RAHAMAN)MUL · MUL2,2150.2%
  10. 10SWAPAN PATRAIndependent · IND1,6830.2%
  11. 11SEKH SUKCHANDSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP9840.1%
  12. 12RANJIT KUMAR BOSEAIICT · AIICT9750.1%
  13. 13SARKAR SREE DHIRENDRA NATHIndependent · IND6670.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.6%
CPM share
43.3% → 45.9%
INC share
35.4% → 41.6%
Turnout
80.7% → 83.1%
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