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522. Calcutta North West

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-WEST

INC 48.3%won by 14.8%JD 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 14.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 74.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 63.4%.

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

Electorate
6,93,995
Turnout
63.4%
Valid votes
4,40,124
Margin
64,951
14.76%

Candidates

28 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEBI PROSAD PALIndian National Congress · INC2,12,63748.3%
  2. 2SHYAMAL BHATTACHERJEEJanata Dal · JD1,47,68633.6%
  3. 3AMAL DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP59,39513.5%
  4. 4HIMADRI BHUSAN KALIIndependent · IND4,3741.0%
  5. 5KANARAMIndependent · IND1,9030.4%
  6. 6TAPAN SEALIndependent · IND1,6910.4%
  7. 7RENA GHOSHIndependent · IND1,1710.3%
  8. 8SASANKA SAHAIndependent · IND1,0610.2%
  9. 9SADANAND SHARMAIndependent · IND9670.2%
  10. 10BIMALKUMAR BILOTIAIndependent · IND9540.2%
  11. 11SAJAL BARDHANSMP · SMP7100.2%
  12. 12RANJIT KUMAR ROYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP6840.2%
  13. 13VIDYA SAGAR TIWARIAIICT · AIICT6230.1%
  14. 14BARUN GOSWAMIIndependent · IND6210.1%
  15. 15NIRMAL ROYIndependent · IND6100.1%
  16. 16LAKSHMI NARAYAN NIMANIIndependent · IND6030.1%
  17. 17MD. MANIRUDDIN TALIBIndependent · IND5350.1%
  18. 18KISHAN LAL SANGANERIAIndependent · IND5310.1%
  19. 19KALI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND4600.1%
  20. 20RAMENDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND4550.1%
  21. 21RAM CHHABILA SHAHIIndependent · IND4280.1%
  22. 22SANJIB KARMAKARIndependent · IND4020.1%
  23. 23SAMIR KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND3600.1%
  24. 24BIHARI LAL THALIAIndependent · IND3390.1%
  25. 25TARAK BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND3050.1%
  26. 26SARAFF LOK NATHIndependent · IND2840.1%
  27. 27RAMESH SINGHIndependent · IND2330.1%
  28. 28TIRTHANKAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1020.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
+6.8%
INC share
41.4% → 48.3%
JD share
33.5% → 33.6%
Turnout
57.0% → 63.4%
521. Dum Dum523. Calcutta North East
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