Who won Shyampur in the 1996 Assembly election?

SANJIB KUMAR DAS of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Shyampur in the 1996 Assembly election with 59,081 votes (48.5% vote share), a margin of 3,527 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

172. Shyampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SHYAMPUR

INC 48.5%won by 2.9%FBL 45.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.5% to 2.9%.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,21,713

Margin

3,527

2.90%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC

1SANJIB KUMAR DAS Indian National Congress · INC59,08148.5%
2JALADHAR SAMANTA FBL · FBL55,55445.6%
3SOWMYENDU KAHNRA Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,0974.2%
4BASUDEV MANDAL Independent · IND5860.5%
5NIKHIL KABIRAJ Independent · IND3800.3%
6JNAN RANJAN SAMANTA Independent · IND3420.3%
7MOLLA JAHANGIR IDPP · IDPP2760.2%
8SK. ABDUL KALAM Independent · IND2590.2%
9MONORANJAN MAJUMDAR Shiv Sena · SHS1380.1%

Since 1991

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–FBL swing: −2.6%
INC share: 50.2% → 48.5%
FBL share: 44.6% → 45.6%
Turnout: — → —

171. Uluberia South 173. Bagnan

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