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531. Tamluk

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TAMLUK

INC 48.7%won by 0.9%CPM 47.8%

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 0.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 88.5%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 7,910 votes (0.85%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
10,45,585
Turnout
88.5%
Valid votes
9,25,515
Margin
7,910
0.85%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAYANTA BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC4,50,47348.7%
  2. 2SETH LAKSHMAN CHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,42,56347.8%
  3. 3SASWATI BAGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,4752.1%
  4. 4ASHUTOSH SAMANTAIndependent · IND10,3301.1%
  5. 5ANANTA KUMAR DASIndependent · IND1,0290.1%
  6. 6MUKTINATH BAGIndependent · IND9760.1%
  7. 7SHISHIR KUMAR PANDAIndependent · IND6690.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+1.0%
INC share
46.0% → 48.7%
CPM share
46.2% → 47.8%
Turnout
81.2% → 88.5%
530. Panskura532. Contai
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