Constituency
47. Manikchak
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2001
WB-MANIKCHAK
CPM 48.9%won by 8.5%INC 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.5%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 42.6% to 48.9% of the vote here (+6.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
98,662
Margin
8,384
8.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ASIMA CHOWDHURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,23948.9%
- 2RAM PROBESH MANDALIndian National Congress · INC39,85540.4%
- 3DR. SITANGSHU KUNDUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,9357.0%
- 4SOHRAB ALIPDS · PDS3,6333.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +18.0%
- CPM share
- 42.6% → 48.9%
- INC share
- 52.1% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- — → —