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27. Chopra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-CHOPRA

IND 47.4%won by 1.0%CPM 46.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.0%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 1.4% to 47.4% of the vote here (+46.0%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,111 votes (0.96%) — among the closest results anywhere.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,15,998
Margin
1,111
0.96%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1HAMIDUL RAHAMANIndependent · IND54,95447.4%
  2. 2AKBAR ALICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,84346.4%
  3. 3SAJEN RAM SINGHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6992.3%
  4. 4CHOWDHURY MANZAR AFAQUEAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC2,5292.2%
  5. 5CHITRA RAM SINGHAIndependent · IND1,2001.0%
  6. 6KISKU SOMAIndependent · IND7730.7%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–CPM swing
+48.4%
IND share
1.4% → 47.4%
CPM share
48.8% → 46.4%
Turnout
— → —
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