Constituency
125. Patharpratima
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2001
WB-PATHARPRATIMA
CPM 47.0%won by 0.7%AITC 46.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.7%.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 46.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 855 votes (0.71%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,20,185
Margin
855
0.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1JAJNESWAR DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,47547.0%
- 2SAMIR JANAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC55,62046.3%
- 3KUMAR PRASAD PARUIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4753.7%
- 4ASIM PANDAIndependent · IND3,6153.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–AITC swing
- −46.6%
- CPM share
- 47.4% → 47.0%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 46.3%
- Turnout
- — → —