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138. Dum Dum

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-DUM-DUM

AITC 46.7%won by 0.1%CPM 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • AITC vote shareAITC went from 0.0% to 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 224 votes (0.13%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,73,942
Margin
224
0.13%

Candidates

6 contested · winner AITC
  1. 1ARUNAVA GHOSHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC81,22846.7%
  2. 2AJIT CHOWDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM81,00446.6%
  3. 3RAMEN BHATTACHARYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,5644.9%
  4. 4MRINAL PAULIndependent · IND1,3500.8%
  5. 5AMIT KUMAR ROYNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,2060.7%
  6. 6DEBASHIS BANERJEEIndependent · IND5900.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
AITCflipped
AITC–CPM swing
+53.3%
AITC share
0.0% → 46.7%
CPM share
53.2% → 46.6%
Turnout
— → —
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