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533. Midnapore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MIDNAPORE

CPI 56.3%won by 24.3%INC 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.6% to 24.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 82.5%.
  • 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
10,51,814
Turnout
82.5%
Valid votes
8,67,936
Margin
2,10,649
24.27%

Candidates

16 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1INDRAJIT GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI4,88,56956.3%
  2. 2D P ROYIndian National Congress · INC2,77,92032.0%
  3. 3MANORANJAN DATTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,7516.8%
  4. 4SUDEB BANPRASTHIIndependent · IND9,2901.1%
  5. 5NABA KUMAR SHAUAMB · AMB7,8280.9%
  6. 6DILIP MAITIIndependent · IND7,2860.8%
  7. 7JATIN PRATIHARJKPN · JKPN7,0080.8%
  8. 8DEBASHISH KONARIndependent · IND2,3130.3%
  9. 9SHACHIN MAHATOHJKP · HJKP2,3050.3%
  10. 10SARIF MOLLICKMUL · MUL1,8310.2%
  11. 11PRABHAKAR MAHATOJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,7210.2%
  12. 12PADMA LOCHAN ROYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,0460.1%
  13. 13AJIT KUMAR MAITYIndependent · IND7720.1%
  14. 14VIVEK KUMAR BADERIAIndependent · IND7420.1%
  15. 15SUSHIL KUMARIndependent · IND2940.0%
  16. 16SATYANARAYAN KOTHOYALAIndependent · IND2600.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+1.6%
CPI share
54.8% → 56.3%
INC share
32.2% → 32.0%
Turnout
75.3% → 82.5%
532. Contai534. Jhargram
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