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534. Jhargram

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JHARGRAM

CPM 60.3%won by 43.1%INC 17.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.6% to 43.1%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 17.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.4% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.1% to 85.3%.

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

Electorate
9,43,958
Turnout
85.3%
Valid votes
8,05,343
Margin
3,47,264
43.12%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RUPCHAND MURMUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,85,49860.3%
  2. 2SUBODH HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC1,38,23417.2%
  3. 3NITYANANDA HEMBRAMJKPN · JKPN87,64710.9%
  4. 4PANCHANAN HANSDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,7785.1%
  5. 5MATILAL HANSDAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM29,3213.6%
  6. 6RAMESH SINGHHJKP · HJKP21,7062.7%
  7. 7MANGAL BASKEYAMB · AMB2,1590.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−12.7%
CPM share
55.8% → 60.3%
INC share
0.0% → 17.2%
Turnout
76.2% → 85.3%
533. Midnapore535. Purulia
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