Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Murshidabad

Masudal Hossain Syed (CPM) won by 37,185 votes (3.8%).

Electors
11,37,493
Votes polled
9,96,549
Valid votes
Turnout
87.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 3.8% (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%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.7%(-5.0%)
Turnout
81.6%(+2.0%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
78.6%

Winning margin over time · Murshidabad

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202439%

Candidates

Candidates · Murshidabad 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Masudal Hossain SyedWinnerCPM4,52,27346.5%
2Anarul Hossain KhanINC4,15,08842.7%
3Amulya MondolBJP60,3396.2%
4Abdus SalamIND23,7342.4%
5Sarkar GopinathIND8,5590.9%
6Ansari Mohammad AliPBRML5,1530.5%
7Sakta RoyIND3,1180.3%
8Abbas AliMUL2,3630.2%
9Narendra Nath BiswasAMB1,3790.1%
10Joynal AbedinIND5370.1%

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