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Constituency

115. Maheshtala

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-MAHESHTALA

CPM 52.5%won by 8.9%AITC 43.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 8.9%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,37,941
Margin
12,216
8.86%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MURSALIN MOLLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM72,42552.5%
  2. 2BIMAN BANERJEEAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC60,20943.6%
  3. 3TILAK MOITRAJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,0091.5%
  4. 4ABDUL HOQUE MOLLANationalist Congress Party · NCP1,8451.3%
  5. 5MADAN CHANDRA NATHIndependent · IND1,4531.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−42.9%
CPM share
51.8% → 52.5%
AITC share
0.0% → 43.6%
Turnout
— → —
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