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517. Mathurapur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MATHURAPUR

CPM 48.1%won by 1.9%INC 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.7% to 1.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 84.0%.

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

Electorate
10,15,000
Turnout
84.0%
Valid votes
8,52,629
Margin
16,068
1.88%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,10,11048.1%
  2. 2SUJIT PATWARIIndian National Congress · INC3,94,04246.2%
  3. 3SAMIR SEKHAR NAIYAIndependent · IND23,0632.7%
  4. 4GADADHAR DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,3562.6%
  5. 5BIDYUT PURKAITShiv Sena · SHS1,6640.2%
  6. 6SAKTI KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND1,3940.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−0.8%
CPM share
47.1% → 48.1%
INC share
44.4% → 46.2%
Turnout
80.6% → 84.0%
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