Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta North West

Debi Prosad Pal (INC) won by 64,951 votes (14.8%).

Electors
6,93,995
Votes polled
4,52,757
Valid votes
Turnout
65.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 14.8% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
11.9%(-9.3%)
Turnout
59.0%(-4.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
72.3%

Winning margin over time · Calcutta North West

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200435%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta North West 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Debi Prosad PalWinnerINC2,12,63748.3%
2Shyamal BhattacherjeeJD1,47,68633.6%
3Amal DuttaBJP59,39513.5%
4Himadri Bhusan KaliIND4,3741.0%
5KanaramIND1,9030.4%
6Tapan SealIND1,6910.4%
7Rena GhoshIND1,1710.3%
8Sasanka SahaIND1,0610.2%
9Sadanand SharmaIND9670.2%
10Bimalkumar BilotiaIND9540.2%
11Sajal BardhanSMP7100.2%
12Ranjit Kumar RoySAP6840.2%
13Vidya Sagar TiwariAIIC(T)6230.1%
14Barun GoswamiIND6210.1%
15Nirmal RoyIND6100.1%
16Lakshmi Narayan NimaniIND6030.1%
17Md. Maniruddin TalibIND5350.1%
18Kishan Lal SanganeriaIND5310.1%
19Kali Nath SinghIND4600.1%
20Ramendra PandeyIND4550.1%
21Ram Chhabila ShahiIND4280.1%
22Sanjib KarmakarIND4020.1%
23Samir Kumar SarkarIND3600.1%
24Bihari Lal ThaliaIND3390.1%
25Tarak BhattacharjeeIND3050.1%
26Saraff Lok NathIND2840.1%
27Ramesh SinghIND2330.1%
28Tirthankar ChoudharyIND1020.0%

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