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68. Bharatpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-BHARATPUR

RSP 47.5%won by 4.9%IND 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 4.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.6% — it polled just 0.7% in 1996.

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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Valid votes
1,17,179
Margin
5,712
4.87%

Candidates

5 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1ID. MOHAMMADRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP55,66747.5%
  2. 2DEBASISH CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND49,95542.6%
  3. 3KANCHANLAL MUKHERJEEAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC5,0404.3%
  4. 4AHAMED SALAUDDINNationalist Congress Party · NCP3,4142.9%
  5. 5ID. MAHAMMAD SK.Independent · IND3,1032.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–IND swing
−47.8%
RSP share
53.4% → 47.5%
IND share
0.7% → 42.6%
Turnout
— → —
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