Who won Mayureswar in the 1996 Assembly election?

DHIREN LET of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Mayureswar in the 1996 Assembly election with 57,791 votes (56.3% vote share), a margin of 32,518 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

290. Mayureswar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-MAYURESWAR

CPM 56.3%won by 31.7%BJP 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.3% to 31.7%.

Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,02,703

Margin

32,518

31.66%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM

1DHIREN LET Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM57,79156.3%
2ARJUN SAHA Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,27324.6%
3ANIMA BHUIMALI Indian National Congress · INC19,01518.5%
4GAJAL DALUI Independent · IND6240.6%

Since 1991

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–BJP swing: +17.4%
CPM share: 52.8% → 56.3%
BJP share: 38.5% → 24.6%
Turnout: — → —

289. Mahammad Bazar 291. Rampurhat

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