Election
Constituency

91. Rajarhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RAJARHAT

CPM 47.9%won by 3.6%INC 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.1% to 3.6%.

  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
2,02,385
Margin
7,291
3.60%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RABINDRA NATH MONDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM96,94747.9%
  2. 2TANMOY MONDALIndian National Congress · INC89,65644.3%
  3. 3BABU CHANDRA BALABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,6216.7%
  4. 4INDRAJIT PRAMANIKShiv Sena · SHS1,1260.6%
  5. 5PRAFULLA CHANDRA MOLANGIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0350.5%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−6.5%
CPM share
48.7% → 47.9%
INC share
38.7% → 44.3%
Turnout
— → —
90. Barasat92. Deganga
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