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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1996

Cooch Behar

Parliamentary constituency 1 (SC) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#1 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,64,791
Votes polled9,53,613
Turnout89.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAmar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc3,93,66741.3% of votes
MARGIN89,034 votes · 9.3 pp3,93,667 − 3,04,633
Runner-upSabita Roy Indian National Congress3,04,63331.9% of votes
AIFB 56.4% of top-two votesINC 43.6%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Amar Roy PradhanAIFB3,93,667 41.3%
  2. 02 Sabita RoyINC3,04,633 31.9%
  3. 03 Hiten BarmanFBS1,45,078 15.2%
  4. 04 Bhahendra Nath BarmanBJP75,456 7.9%
  5. 05 Karneswar BarmanAB11,650 1.2%
  6. 06 Nubash BarmanIND1,979 0.2%

Turnout 89.6%

025507510089.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 84.3%
Male 5.46 lakh51.3% Female 5.19 lakh48.7%

Share of 10,64,791 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males950
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199684.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 9,32,463Residual 21,150

Seat history 2024–1958

  1. 2024
    2.4 pp
    Jagadish Chandra Barma BasuniaAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2019
    3.6 pp
    Nisith PramanikBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    30.9 pp
    Partha Pratim Ray ËAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2014
    6.5 pp
    Renuka SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2009
    3.0 pp
    Nripendra Nath RoyAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2004
    23.9 pp
    Hiten BarmanAll India Forward Bloc
  7. 1999
    12.0 pp
    Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  8. 1998
    13.4 pp
    Amar RoypradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1996
    9.3 pp
    Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1991
    15.9 pp
    Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  11. 1989
    6.4 pp
    Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  12. 1984
    6.9 pp
    Amar Roy ProdhanAll India Forward Bloc
  13. 1980
    22.5 pp
    Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  14. 1977
    28.3 pp
    Amrendranath Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc
  15. 1963
    26.3 pp
    P.C.BarmanIndian National Congress
  16. 1958
    Margin not recorded
    N.R. GhoshIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed FBS polled 1,45,078 votes, 1.6× the 89,034-vote margin.

    1,45,078 ÷ 89,034 = 1.6

  2. The top two polled 73.2% of votes; the other 4 candidates 24.6% between them.

    (3,93,667 + 3,04,633) ÷ 9,53,613 = 73.2% · 2,34,163 ÷ 9,53,613 = 24.6%

  3. Turnout of 89.6% was 5.3 pp above the state's median seat (84.3%).

    89.6 − 84.3 = +5.3

  4. The margin narrowed from 15.9 pp in 1991 to 9.3 pp.

    9.3 − 15.9 = −6.6 pp

  5. Amar Roy Pradhan 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 6 candidate lines9,32,463
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled9,53,613
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 21,150

Candidate votes miss the published total by 21,150, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

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

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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