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515. Basirhat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BASIRHAT

CPI 50.6%won by 9.6%INC 41.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 9.4% to 9.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 84.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 87.5%.

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

Electorate
10,23,023
Turnout
87.5%
Valid votes
8,94,932
Margin
86,016
9.61%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1AJAY CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India · CPI4,53,12650.6%
  2. 2DILIP MAJUMDERIndian National Congress · INC3,67,11041.0%
  3. 3RAMENDRA KUMAR BHATTACHARYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP62,6207.0%
  4. 4DEBAPRASAD BHANJA CHAUDHURIIndependent · IND4,5850.5%
  5. 5A K M NASIRUDDINIndian National League · INL4,5300.5%
  6. 6ALHAZ ABDUS SALAMMUL · MUL1,8430.2%
  7. 7LIAKAT MONDOLBKUS · BKUS1,1180.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+0.2%
CPI share
47.0% → 50.6%
INC share
37.6% → 41.0%
Turnout
82.8% → 87.5%
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