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540. Burdwan

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BURDWAN

CPM 59.9%won by 27.2%INC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.4% to 27.2%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 84.3%.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
11,44,191
Turnout
84.3%
Valid votes
9,65,111
Margin
2,62,714
27.22%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BALAI RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,78,27959.9%
  2. 2RITESH KUMAR DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC3,15,56532.7%
  3. 3SATYENDRA NARAYAN RAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,9175.7%
  4. 4RABILAL HANSDAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM10,0151.0%
  5. 5KAJI MANOWAR HOSSAINIndependent · IND2,8840.3%
  6. 6BIPUL DHALIIndependent · IND1,8270.2%
  7. 7SHIB RAM MAZUMDARIndependent · IND1,0350.1%
  8. 8MURALIDHAR TIWARYIndependent · IND5890.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+0.9%
CPM share
57.0% → 59.9%
INC share
30.6% → 32.7%
Turnout
79.3% → 84.3%
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