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528. Hooghly

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-HOOGHLY

CPM 49.3%won by 4.2%INC 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.1% to 4.2%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.7% to 83.7%.

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

Electorate
10,95,875
Turnout
83.7%
Valid votes
9,17,460
Margin
38,497
4.20%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RUPCHAND PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,52,35349.3%
  2. 2GOURI SANKAR BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC4,13,85645.1%
  3. 3BISWANATH GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,8124.1%
  4. 4BAIDYANATH TUDUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6,6460.7%
  5. 5MANTU DEBNATHShiv Sena · SHS2,3890.3%
  6. 6MRITYUNJOY MALLICKIndependent · IND1,4640.2%
  7. 7GORA CHAND AUDDYIndependent · IND1,2600.1%
  8. 8RAM BALI SINGHIndependent · IND1,1260.1%
  9. 9GOUTAM DASIndependent · IND5540.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−2.9%
CPM share
49.0% → 49.3%
INC share
41.9% → 45.1%
Turnout
78.0% → 83.7%
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