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99. Hingalganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-HINGALGANJ

CPM 54.1%won by 15.8%AITC 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,15,497
Margin
18,255
15.81%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1GAYEN NRIPENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,44154.1%
  2. 2SOURENDRA MONDALAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC44,18638.3%
  3. 3BYOM SHANKER GAYENBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,8707.7%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−39.0%
CPM share
54.8% → 54.1%
AITC share
0.0% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
98. Sandeshkhali100. Gosaba
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