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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.