Who won Daspur in the 1996 Assembly election?

MUKHOPADHAYA CHITTA RANJAN of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Daspur in the 1996 Assembly election with 56,560 votes (51.7% vote share), a margin of 5,790 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

198. Daspur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DASPUR

CPM 51.7%won by 5.3%INC 46.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 5.3%.

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

1,09,427

Margin

5,790

5.29%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM

1MUKHOPADHAYA CHITTA RANJAN Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,56051.7%
2GOSWAMI JAGANNATH Indian National Congress · INC50,77046.4%
3BIRENDRA PAUL Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0971.9%

Since 1991

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–INC swing: −3.6%
CPM share: 52.6% → 51.7%
INC share: 43.7% → 46.4%
Turnout: — → —

197. Ghatal 199. Nandanpur

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