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State: West Bengal
Constituency: Nabadwip (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 1135004
Winner: CPM Asim Bala 522151
Runner Up: INC Protap Kanti Roy 483083
Margin: 39068 (3.52%)

The CPI-M made its parliamentary debut from here in 1971, courtesy B G Goswami, before Asim Bala took over in 1989. In 1996, Bala defeated the Congress's P K Roy by 39,000 votes, making it the third time in a row that he has been elected to the Lok Sabha from here.

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