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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1996

Alipurduars

Parliamentary constituency 2 (ST) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#2 · ST
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,00,857
Votes polled8,54,456
Turnout85.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerJoachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party4,37,37151.2% of votes
MARGIN1,37,810 votes · 16.1 pp4,37,371 − 2,99,561
Runner-upPius Tirkey Indian National Congress2,99,56135.1% of votes
RSP 59.4% of top-two votesINC 40.6%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Joachim BaxlaRSP4,37,371 51.2%
  2. 02 Pius TirkeyINC2,99,561 35.1%
  3. 03 Indra Mohan RavaBJP65,493 7.7%
  4. 04 Phaguram BarhaikchikIND16,060 1.9%
  5. 05 Saul LakraIND4,505 0.5%
  6. 06 Amiya Ranjan BaruaIND573 0.1%

Turnout 85.4%

025507510085.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 84.3%
Male 5.17 lakh51.7% Female 4.83 lakh48.3%

Share of 10,00,857 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males934
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199684.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 8,23,563Residual 30,893

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    5.3 pp
    Manoj TiggaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    17.7 pp
    John BarlaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    1.7 pp
    Dasrath TirkeyAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2009
    12.1 pp
    Manohar TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  5. 2004
    17.3 pp
    Joachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party
  6. 1999
    19.7 pp
    Joachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party
  7. 1998
    23.6 pp
    Joachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party
  8. 1996
    16.1 pp
    Joachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party
  9. 1991
    18.3 pp
    Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  10. 1989
    11.9 pp
    Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  11. 1984
    5.4 pp
    Pijus TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  12. 1980
    27.2 pp
    Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  13. 1977
    13.0 pp
    Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 27.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 86.2% of votes; the other 4 candidates 10.1% between them.

    (4,37,371 + 2,99,561) ÷ 8,54,456 = 86.2% · 86,631 ÷ 8,54,456 = 10.1%

  2. Turnout of 85.4% was 1.1 pp above the state's median seat (84.3%).

    85.4 − 84.3 = +1.1

  3. The margin narrowed from 18.3 pp in 1991 to 16.1 pp.

    16.1 − 18.3 = −2.2 pp

  4. Pius Tirkey, the 1991 winner, finished second in 1996.

    1991 winner name = 1996 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines8,23,563
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,54,456
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 30,893

Candidate votes miss the published total by 30,893, 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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