Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Hooghly

Rupchand Pal (CPM) won by 38,497 votes (4.2%).

Electors
10,95,875
Votes polled
9,34,941
Valid votes
Turnout
85.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 4.2% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
5.1%(+0.0%)
Turnout
81.7%(-18.3%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
88.3%

Winning margin over time · Hooghly

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Candidates

Candidates · Hooghly 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rupchand PalWinnerCPM4,52,35349.3%
2Gouri Sankar BanerjeeINC4,13,85645.1%
3Biswanath GhoshBJP37,8124.1%
4Baidyanath TuduJMM6,6460.7%
5Mantu DebnathSHS2,3890.3%
6Mrityunjoy MallickIND1,4640.2%
7Gora Chand AuddyIND1,2600.1%
8Ram Bali SinghIND1,1260.1%
9Goutam DasIND5540.1%

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