Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Jhargram

Rupchand Murmu (CPM) won by 3,47,264 votes (43.1%).

Electors
9,43,958
Votes polled
8,27,962
Valid votes
Turnout
87.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 43.1% (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 2019
Margin · 2024
11.8%(+11.0%)
Turnout
83.8%(-8.6%)
NOTA
1.1%
Top-2 squeeze
89.0%

Winning margin over time · Jhargram

196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202444%

Candidates

Candidates · Jhargram 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rupchand MurmuWinnerCPM4,85,49860.3%
2Subodh HansdaINC1,38,23417.2%
3Nityananda HembramJKP(N)87,64710.9%
4Panchanan HansdaBJP40,7785.1%
5Matilal HansdaJMM29,3213.6%
6Ramesh SinghHJKP21,7062.7%
7Mangal BaskeyAMB2,1590.3%

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