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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1996

Barasat

Parliamentary constituency 13 (SC) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#13 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants10Candidate lines
Electors12,41,826
Votes polled10,72,009
Turnout86.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerChitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc4,84,47445.2% of votes
MARGIN35,347 votes · 3.3 pp4,84,474 − 4,49,127
Runner-upRanjit Kumar Panja Indian National Congress4,49,12741.9% of votes
AIFB 51.9% of top-two votesINC 48.1%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Chitta BasuAIFB4,84,474 45.2%
  2. 02 Ranjit Kumar PanjaINC4,49,127 41.9%
  3. 03 Jatindra Nath BiswasBJP65,722 6.1%
  4. 04 Manoj HowladarBSP20,814 1.9%
  5. 05 Arun MajhiIND7,986 0.7%
  6. 06 Moklukar RahmanML7,304 0.7%
  7. 07 Achyut ChatterjeeSHS5,040 0.5%
  8. 08 Ashoke MukherjeeIND4,799 0.4%
  9. 09 Abdul GaffarINL1,855 0.2%
  10. 10 Banamali DasIND719 0.1%

Turnout 86.3%

025507510086.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 84.3%
Male 6.70 lakh54.0% Female 5.72 lakh46.0%

Share of 12,41,826 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males853
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199684.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 10,47,840Residual 24,169

Seat history 2024–1970

  1. 2024
    12.1 pp
    Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    15.7 pp
    Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    14.9 pp
    Tapas MandalAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2009
    8.9 pp
    Sucharu Ranjan HaldarAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2004
    1.1 pp
    Subrata BoseAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 1999
    9.3 pp
    Dr.Ranjit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool Congress
  7. 1998
    6.2 pp
    Dr Ranjit Kumar PanjaWest Bengal Trinamool Congress
  8. 1996
    3.3 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1991
    5.0 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1989
    6.2 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  11. 1984
    1.8 pp
    Tarun Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    16.4 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  13. 1977
    31.1 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  14. 1970
    5.5 pp
    S.A.AliBangal Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 65,722 votes, 1.9× the 35,347-vote margin.

    65,722 ÷ 35,347 = 1.9

  2. The top two polled 87.1% of votes; the other 8 candidates 10.7% between them.

    (4,84,474 + 4,49,127) ÷ 10,72,009 = 87.1% · 1,14,239 ÷ 10,72,009 = 10.7%

  3. Turnout of 86.3% was 2.0 pp above the state's median seat (84.3%).

    86.3 − 84.3 = +2.0

  4. The margin narrowed from 5.0 pp in 1991 to 3.3 pp.

    3.3 − 5.0 = −1.7 pp

  5. Chitta Basu also won in 1991.

    1991 winner name = 1996 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines10,47,840
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled10,72,009
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 24,169

Candidate votes miss the published total by 24,169, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates10 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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