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524. Calcutta South

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH

INC 52.5%won by 12.4%CPM 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 12.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 71.5%.
  • 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
11,67,381
Turnout
71.5%
Valid votes
8,34,583
Margin
1,03,261
12.37%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAMATA BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC4,38,25252.5%
  2. 2BHARATI MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,34,99140.1%
  3. 3SANTI ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP45,0665.4%
  4. 4BULU CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND3,4390.4%
  5. 5SUSHIL CHANDRA MAJUMDARIndependent · IND1,8690.2%
  6. 6D. GUHAIndependent · IND1,7550.2%
  7. 7TRIPTI DASIndependent · IND1,5890.2%
  8. 8BANDANA BISWASIndependent · IND1,5720.2%
  9. 9YASMEEN SEN GUPTAAIICT · AIICT1,5270.2%
  10. 10LALITA SETHIndependent · IND1,4820.2%
  11. 11RAMAGARDI YADAVIndependent · IND1,2850.2%
  12. 12BABLU DUTTAIndependent · IND9580.1%
  13. 13MURARI MOHAN GHOSHIndependent · IND7980.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−1.0%
INC share
52.5% → 52.5%
CPM share
39.1% → 40.1%
Turnout
67.2% → 71.5%
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