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Lok Sabha 1996 · West Bengal · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- SUDHIR GIRICPM · COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
- Votes
- 397,02848.7% share
- Margin ?
- 24,042over INC
- Turnout ?
- 89.0%829,074 of 931,232
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUDHIR GIRI Winner | CPM | 397,028 | 48.71% |
| 2 | NITISH SENGUPTA | INC | 372,986 | 45.76% |
| 3 | AMALESH MISRA | BJP | 32,924 | 4.04% |
| 4 | NIKHILESH NANDA | IND | 7,317 | 0.90% |
| 5 | JOYTIRMOY MAITY | IND | 3,442 | 0.42% |
| 6 | ADHAR NAHAL | IND | 772 | 0.09% |
| 7 | GOUTAM PAHARI | IND | 637 | 0.08% |
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Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2004CPMby 59,190
- 1999AITCby 12,133
- 1998CPMby 74,858
- 1996CPMby 24,042
- 1991CPMby 23,116
- 1989CPMby 27,080
- 1984INCby 13,758
- 1980CPMby 89,774
- 1977BLDby 194,514
- 1971PSPby 70,359
- 1967PSPby 17,169
- 1962INCby 85,408
- 1957PSPby 4,362
- 1952INCby 127
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Source: IndiaVotes.com, citing the Election Commission of India. Report an error.