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539. Asansol

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-ASANSOL

CPM 46.4%won by 5.8%INC 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 5.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 67.3%.

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

Electorate
12,07,881
Turnout
67.3%
Valid votes
8,12,525
Margin
46,950
5.78%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HARADHAN ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,76,80646.4%
  2. 2SUKUMAR BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC3,29,85640.6%
  3. 3SURENDRANATH LAMBABharatiya Janata Party · BJP69,7378.6%
  4. 4GONESH PALIndependent · IND11,5561.4%
  5. 5AJIT SORENJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM8,4671.0%
  6. 6BRAHMADEV RAMIndependent · IND6,2150.8%
  7. 7GAANTY MANIKAMB · AMB3,2050.4%
  8. 8KISHORE CHATTERJEEAIICT · AIICT2,7370.3%
  9. 9HARISH CHANDRA RAJBHARIndependent · IND1,8690.2%
  10. 10BHRIGUNATH SHARMAIndependent · IND1,1860.1%
  11. 11BHABANI TOSH MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND8910.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−7.7%
CPM share
45.1% → 46.4%
INC share
31.6% → 40.6%
Turnout
62.3% → 67.3%
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