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538. Durgapur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DURGAPUR

CPM 55.7%won by 20.4%INC 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.6% to 20.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 78.2%.
  • 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
11,39,493
Turnout
78.2%
Valid votes
8,91,242
Margin
1,81,713
20.39%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUNIL KHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,96,25055.7%
  2. 2CHITTARANJAN PRAMANIKIndian National Congress · INC3,14,53735.3%
  3. 3BYOMSANKAR RUIDASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP73,5998.3%
  4. 4PARESH NATH DHIBARAMB · AMB4,3900.5%
  5. 5BHAKTADAS MONDALIndependent · IND2,4660.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−4.2%
CPM share
55.3% → 55.7%
INC share
30.7% → 35.3%
Turnout
72.0% → 78.2%
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