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536. Bankura

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BANKURA

CPM 56.2%won by 30.6%INC 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.5% to 30.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 75.2%.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,94,144
Turnout
75.2%
Valid votes
7,47,503
Margin
2,28,987
30.63%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ACHARIA BASUDEBCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,20,40256.2%
  2. 2GOURI SANKAR DEYIndian National Congress · INC1,91,41525.6%
  3. 3BILAM MURMUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM59,3727.9%
  4. 4GUNAMOY CHATTOPADHYAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,2135.4%
  5. 5BHASKAR BHADRAIndependent · IND19,1912.6%
  6. 6ASIM GOSWAMIIndependent · IND5,8030.8%
  7. 7BUDHAN RAMIndependent · IND4,4580.6%
  8. 8KALYAN MUKHERJEEShiv Sena · SHS2,6680.4%
  9. 9KISKU NANDALALJMMM · JMMM2,0390.3%
  10. 10ACHINTASAGAR MAHATOIndependent · IND7830.1%
  11. 11RAMLAL JADAVIndependent · IND6340.1%
  12. 12MUKHOPADHYAY SAKTIPADAIndependent · IND5250.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+3.1%
CPM share
56.3% → 56.2%
INC share
28.8% → 25.6%
Turnout
70.5% → 75.2%
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