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543. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 50.4%won by 13.9%INC 36.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.2% to 13.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.8% of the vote between them, up from 75.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 80.4%.

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

Electorate
9,94,683
Turnout
80.4%
Valid votes
8,00,115
Margin
1,11,020
13.88%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAMCHANDRA DOMECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,02,89350.4%
  2. 2MAMATA SAHAIndian National Congress · INC2,91,87336.5%
  3. 3BISWANATH MONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP88,34311.0%
  4. 4ASIM SAHAIndependent · IND9,3701.2%
  5. 5ONKAR RABIDASIndependent · IND5,7590.7%
  6. 6PRAKASH MONDALIndependent · IND1,8770.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−10.4%
CPM share
49.7% → 50.4%
INC share
25.5% → 36.5%
Turnout
73.0% → 80.4%
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