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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1996. The election took place simultaneously with the 1996 Indian general election.[1][2] This was the last election Jyoti Basu contested, as he retired from politics in 2000.
- ^ M. L. Ahuja (2000). Handbook of General Elections and Electoral Reforms in India, 1952–1999. Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7099-766-5.
- ^ The Hindu. The case against simultaneous polls