Constituency
542. Bolpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-BOLPUR
CPM 60.5%won by 32.6%INC 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 32.5% to 32.6%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.4% to 79.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,77,226
Turnout
79.7%
Valid votes
7,78,808
Margin
2,53,646
32.57%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1SOMNATH CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,71,54960.5%
- 2SUNIL DASIndian National Congress · INC2,17,90328.0%
- 3TARA PROSANNA SINHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP76,5489.8%
- 4MODASWAR HOSSAINIndependent · IND8,6701.1%
- 5MD. SADAKASIndependent · IND1,9870.3%
- 6MAHARAJ MISTRYIndependent · IND1,4820.2%
- 7ABU TAHER MIRZAIndependent · IND6690.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −24.1%
- CPM share
- 56.6% → 60.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- 75.3% → 79.7%