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520. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPM 49.5%won by 6.3%INC 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 6.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 86.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 79.7%.

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

Electorate
10,12,225
Turnout
79.7%
Valid votes
8,06,367
Margin
50,894
6.31%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1TARIT BARAN TOPDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,99,46649.5%
  2. 2GHOSAL DEBIIndian National Congress · INC3,48,57243.2%
  3. 3ASIS RANJAN DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,8845.9%
  4. 4TAPAN KOLEYIndependent · IND3,4910.4%
  5. 5SIBAJI GHOSHIndependent · IND1,7150.2%
  6. 6SACHINDRA NATH DASIndependent · IND1,5380.2%
  7. 7PARAMESHWAR MANDALIndependent · IND1,1210.1%
  8. 8SATYA NARAYAN SARKARIndependent · IND1,0910.1%
  9. 9NARAYAN KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND1,0200.1%
  10. 10SATYA NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND4690.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−2.5%
CPM share
47.6% → 49.5%
INC share
38.8% → 43.2%
Turnout
73.2% → 79.7%
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