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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

294 seats · 71 changed party since 1991

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 157 seatsIndian National Congress — 82 seatsFBL — 21 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 18 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsGNLF — 3 seats2 other parties — 2 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPM157
  • INC82
  • FBL21
  • RSP18
  • CPI6
  • IND5
  • GNLF3
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)15753%1,39,49,66437.9%217
INCIndian National Congress8228%1,45,23,96439.5%288
FBLFBL217%19,12,1835.2%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party186%13,67,4393.7%23
CPICommunist Party of India62%6,42,9931.7%12
INDIndependent52%9,59,1302.6%844
GNLFGNLF31%1,61,4980.4%3
JKPNJKPN10%1,45,5030.4%8
FBSFBS10%1,23,3160.3%20
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%23,72,4806.4%292

+ 23 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

1996 · selected
Majority 148
CPM157INC82FBL21RSP18CPI6IND5GNLF3JKPN1FBS1
1991 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1991 → 1996

1991 1996· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
36.9
37.9
35.1
39.5
5.5
5.2
3.5
3.7
3.0
2.6
11.3
6.4
CPMINCFBLRSPINDBJP

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1991 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
189 → 157
−32
INC
43 → 82
+39
FBL
29 → 21
−8
RSP
18 → 18
0
CPI
5 → 6
+1
IND
6 → 5
−1
GNLF
0 → 3
+3
JKPN
0 → 1
+1
FBS
0 → 1
+1
JD
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1991 → 1996

share lostshare gained
INC
35.1% → 39.5%
+4.4%
CPM
36.9% → 37.9%
+1.0%
GNLF
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
JKPN
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
FBS
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
FBL
5.5% → 5.2%
−0.3%
JKP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
JD
0.7% → 0.3%
−0.4%
IND
3.0% → 2.6%
−0.4%
BJP
11.3% → 6.4%
−4.9%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1991 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Dantan
−69.5%
Pingla
+56.6%
Naihati
+54.0%
Tarakeswar
+53.5%
Gangarampur
+51.9%
Contai North
+48.5%
Sabang
−46.3%
Dhakuria
−43.9%
Jorabagan
+43.8%
Serampore
+38.4%
Chowringhee
−36.5%
Chandrakona
−33.4%

Closest races · 1996

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1996

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1991