Constituency
152. Ballygunge
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-BALLYGUNGE
CPM 47.5%won by 1.0%INC 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.8% to 1.0%.
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
1,45,613
Margin
1,481
1.02%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1RABIN DEBCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM69,18547.5%
- 2DIBYENDU BISWASIndian National Congress · INC67,70446.5%
- 3GOURI CHOWDHURYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,4334.4%
- 4MAHESWAR DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4431.0%
- 5RANJIT KR. DEYIndependent · IND3080.2%
- 6DIPAK KR. GHOSHIndependent · IND1990.1%
- 7BIJOY DUTTAIndependent · IND1940.1%
- 8AMITAVA CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND1470.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −2.8%
- CPM share
- 47.2% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- — → —