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535. Purulia

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PURULIA

FBL 51.0%won by 14.9%INC 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 14.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from FBL (FBL) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.1% of the vote between them, up from 54.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 76.1%.

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

Electorate
9,67,200
Turnout
76.1%
Valid votes
7,36,106
Margin
1,09,870
14.93%

Candidates

9 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1BIR SING MAHATOFBL · FBL3,75,55951.0%
  2. 2GOBINDA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC2,65,68936.1%
  3. 3MAHATO SURYA NARAYANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM64,1418.7%
  4. 4MOHAN LAL CHOUBEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,8392.4%
  5. 5BHUSAN MAHATOIndependent · IND4,7270.6%
  6. 6GOMASTA PRASAD SORENJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,5440.3%
  7. 7SUNIL KUMAR MAHATOJMMM · JMMM2,0190.3%
  8. 8SARIT KUMAR CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND2,0160.3%
  9. 9SUKUMAR DASIndependent · IND1,5720.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
+4.5%
FBL share
27.8% → 51.0%
INC share
17.4% → 36.1%
Turnout
71.3% → 76.1%
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