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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1996

Behala West

Assembly constituency 113 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#113 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9
Electors2,23,348
Votes polled1,83,355
Turnout82.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerNirmal MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)85,69547.6% of votes
MARGIN1,792 votes · 1.0 pp85,695 − 83,903
Runner-upKumud Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress83,90346.6% of votes
CPI(M) 50.5% of top-two votesINC 49.5%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Nirmal MukherjeeCPI(M)85,695 47.6%
  2. 02 Kumud BhattacharjeeINC83,903 46.6%
  3. 03 Harikrishna DuttaBJP7,185 4.0%
  4. 04 Panchu Gopal MukherjeeIND916 0.5%
  5. 05 Gita DasCPI(ML)L628 0.4%
  6. 06 Debabrota MukhopadhyayABSR624 0.4%
  7. 07 Chanchal HuiIND406 0.2%
  8. 08 Nathu SharmaIND382 0.2%
  9. 09 Satrughan SinghIND379 0.2%

Turnout 82.1%

025507510082.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 84.7%
Male 1.23 lakh54.9% Female 1.01 lakh45.1%

Share of 2,23,348 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males821
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 199684.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,80,118Residual 3,237

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    10.0 pp
    Sajal GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2024
    Margin not recorded
    Sayantika BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2021
    22.3 pp
    Tapas RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2016
    10.5 pp
    Tapas RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2011
    24.8 pp
    Tapas RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
  6. 2006
    3.4 pp
    Partha ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  7. 2001
    11.4 pp
    Partha ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  8. 1996
    1.0 pp
    Nirmal MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1991
    6.6 pp
    Nirmal MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1987
    11.3 pp
    Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1982
    25.7 pp
    Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1977
    37.5 pp
    Rabin MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1972
    32.3 pp
    Santosh Kumar MandalIndian National Congress
  14. 1971
    4.1 pp
    Mukunda Ram MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  15. 1969
    4.9 pp
    Murari Mohan HalderBangal Congress
  16. 1967
    7.2 pp
    N.K.HaldarIndian National Congress
  17. 1962
    4.4 pp
    Beva MitraIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 7,185 votes, 4.0× the 1,792-vote margin.

    7,185 ÷ 1,792 = 4.0

  2. The top two polled 92.5% of votes; the other 7 candidates 5.7% between them.

    (85,695 + 83,903) ÷ 1,83,355 = 92.5% · 10,520 ÷ 1,83,355 = 5.7%

  3. Turnout of 82.1% was 2.6 pp below the state's median seat (84.7%).

    82.1 − 84.7 = −2.6

  4. The margin narrowed from 6.6 pp in 1991 to 1.0 pp.

    1.0 − 6.6 = −5.6 pp

  5. Nirmal Mukherjee 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 9 candidate lines1,80,118
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,83,355
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 3,237

Candidate votes miss the published total by 3,237, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

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

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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