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516. Joynagar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JOYNAGAR

RSP 48.2%won by 16.6%INC 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 16.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 81.7%.

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

Electorate
10,63,564
Turnout
81.7%
Valid votes
8,68,521
Margin
1,43,927
16.57%

Candidates

5 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1SANAT KUMAR MANDALRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,18,37348.2%
  2. 2JOGESH ROYIndian National Congress · INC2,74,44631.6%
  3. 3TARUN KANTI NASKARIndependent · IND1,30,57115.0%
  4. 4CHANDRA KANTA SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,3004.9%
  5. 5SAKTI KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND2,8310.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−1.4%
RSP share
46.0% → 48.2%
INC share
28.0% → 31.6%
Turnout
76.9% → 81.7%
515. Basirhat517. Mathurapur
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