· AC 140
Cossipur
West Bengal Vidhan Sabha Election 1996
102,767
Electors
73,114
Votes polled
71.15%
Turnout
462
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bandyopadhyay Tarak
Won
Male
|
INC | 33,799 | 46.23% |
| 2 |
Anup Das
Male
|
CPM | 33,337 | 45.60% |
| 3 |
Prabhakar Tewari
Male
|
BJP | 4,743 | 6.49% |
| 4 |
Anupam Das
Male
|
IND | 322 | 0.44% |
| 5 |
Prayag Bhagat
Male
|
IND | 205 | 0.28% |
| 6 |
Ranjit Kumar Baudh
Male
|
IND | 130 | 0.18% |
| 7 |
Chandramohan Gupta
Male
|
IND | 106 | 0.14% |
| 8 |
Joyanta Sinha
Female
|
IND | 105 | 0.14% |
| 9 |
Upen Chandra Paul
Male
|
IND | 81 | 0.11% |
| 10 |
Bhagyadhar Bag
Male
|
IND | 67 | 0.09% |
| 11 |
Abhijit Choudhury
Male
|
IND | 63 | 0.09% |
| 12 |
Pranab Bagchi
Male
|
IND | 49 | 0.07% |
| 13 |
Gangadhar Panda
Male
|
IND | 30 | 0.04% |
| 14 |
Subrata Banerjee
Male
|
IND | 26 | 0.04% |
| 15 |
Tapati Das
Male
|
IND | 26 | 0.04% |
| 16 |
Parimal Kundu
Male
|
IND | 25 | 0.03% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Cossipur Constituency Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Vote share | Runner-up | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |
Bandyopadhyay Tarak
Male
AITC
|
— |
Salil Chatterjee
Male
CPI(M)
|
— |
| 2001 |
Bandyopadhyay Tarak
Male
AITC
|
51.29% |
Bijoy Bhattacharjee
Male
CPM
|
42.54% |
| 1996 |
Bandyopadhyay Tarak
Male
INC
|
46.23% |
Anup Das
Male
CPM
|
45.60% |
| 1991 |
Dipak Chanda
Male
CPM
|
46.79% |
Prafulal Kanti Ghosh
Male
INC
|
39.76% |
| 1987 |
Dipak Chanda
Male
CPM
|
49.09% |
Prafulla Kanti Ghose
Male
INC
|
48.44% |
| 1982 |
Prafullya Kanti Ghosh
Male
INC
|
49.34% |
Buddadeb Bhattacharjee
Male
CPM
|
48.13% |
| 1977 |
Buddhadev Bhattacharjee
Male
CPM
|
42.99% |
Prafulla Kanti Ghosh
Male
INC
|
29.72% |
| 1972 |
Prafulla Kanti Ghosh
Male
INC
|
71.75% |
Paresh Nath Banerjee
Male
CPM
|
28.25% |
| 1971 |
Prafulla Kanti Ghosh
Male
INC
|
59.74% |
Krishna Gopal Basu
Male
CPM
|
36.43% |
| 1969 |
Basu Vishnugopal
Male
CPM
|
49.80% |
Sushil Kumar Paul
Male
INC
|
49.41% |