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State: West Bengal
Constituency: Vishnupur (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 851257
Winner: CPM Sandhya Bauri 480777
Runner Up: INC Ashis Rajak 214931
Margin: 265846 (32.15%)

Ajit Kumar Saha managed to break the Congress hold over this seat in 1971 and held on this seat for the CPI-M for four consecutive terms. Sukhendu Khan did likewise in the next two elections. In 1996, Sandhya Bauri did likewise, defeating the Congress's Ashis Rajak by 366,000 votes.

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