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518. Diamond Harbour

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DIAMOND-HARBOUR

CPM 47.4%won by 2.6%INC 44.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.5% to 2.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.4% to 78.7%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,05,494
Turnout
78.7%
Valid votes
8,69,511
Margin
22,526
2.59%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SAMIK LAHIRICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,11,84447.4%
  2. 2AMJAD ALI SARDARIndian National Congress · INC3,89,31844.8%
  3. 3DULAL CHAUDHURIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP55,5186.4%
  4. 4RUHULAMINE MOLLICKMUL · MUL4,3650.5%
  5. 5SANJIB CHATTERJEEShiv Sena · SHS3,3810.4%
  6. 6JAHAR BISWASIndependent · IND2,1390.2%
  7. 7NEMAI NASKARIndependent · IND2,0100.2%
  8. 8NATHUNI ROYIndependent · IND9360.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.9%
CPM share
48.1% → 47.4%
INC share
41.7% → 44.8%
Turnout
73.2% → 78.7%
517. Mathurapur519. Jadavpur
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