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525. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-HOWRAH

INC 47.9%won by 3.5%CPM 44.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.8% to 47.9% of the vote here (+4.1%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 73.1%.

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

Electorate
13,11,094
Turnout
73.1%
Valid votes
9,58,540
Margin
33,931
3.54%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSIIndian National Congress · INC4,59,05947.9%
  2. 2SUSANTA CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,25,12844.4%
  3. 3ASHISH RAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,3676.1%
  4. 4PROBIR PAULIndependent · IND2,8700.3%
  5. 5RABINDRA NATH GHOSALIndependent · IND2,1780.2%
  6. 6MD. YAKUBIndependent · IND1,4500.2%
  7. 7MANJURUL MANNANIndependent · IND1,3880.1%
  8. 8RANJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1,2690.1%
  9. 9ANIL BARAN DASAMB · AMB1,0270.1%
  10. 10SEKH ABDUL MOMINIndependent · IND9590.1%
  11. 11KAILASH OJHAIndependent · IND8350.1%
  12. 12RAMBILAS PROSADIndependent · IND7240.1%
  13. 13AMITABH BOSEIndependent · IND5930.1%
  14. 14DAB SILPI GOPAL DEYIndependent · IND5520.1%
  15. 15PROBIR KUMAR DASIndependent · IND5180.1%
  16. 16SHAILESH KUMAR PANDEYIndependent · IND3660.0%
  17. 17SALIL CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND3480.0%
  18. 18PANKAJ MALLICKIndependent · IND3190.0%
  19. 19RAJESH KUMAR BHUTRAIndependent · IND3030.0%
  20. 20DULAL MALIndependent · IND2870.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+4.5%
INC share
43.8% → 47.9%
CPM share
44.7% → 44.4%
Turnout
67.5% → 73.1%
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