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137. Baranagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-BARANAGAR

RSP 48.1%won by 1.4%AITC 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.5% to 1.4%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 46.7% — 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
1,78,122
Margin
2,541
1.43%

Candidates

5 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1AMAR CHAUDHURIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP85,64748.1%
  2. 2ATIN GHOSHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC83,10646.7%
  3. 3HEMEN GUHA ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,2983.5%
  4. 4ANINDYA DASGUPTAIndependent · IND1,5450.9%
  5. 5GOPAL CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND1,5260.9%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–AITC swing
−47.1%
RSP share
48.5% → 48.1%
AITC share
0.0% → 46.7%
Turnout
— → —
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