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156. Sealdah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-SEALDAH

INC 64.3%won by 36.2%CPI 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.9% to 36.2%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
43,361
Margin
15,691
36.19%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOMENDRA NATH MITRAIndian National Congress · INC27,87764.3%
  2. 2CHANCHAL GHOSHCommunist Party of India · CPI12,18628.1%
  3. 3BIMAL GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3015.3%
  4. 4RITESH BANIKIndependent · IND3020.7%
  5. 5MINA SAHAIndependent · IND2980.7%
  6. 6PRASUN KANTI DASIndependent · IND1660.4%
  7. 7PRATIMA SAHAIndependent · IND1310.3%
  8. 8NISITH PATRAIndependent · IND1000.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−4.7%
INC share
66.2% → 64.3%
CPI share
25.3% → 28.1%
Turnout
— → —
155. Beliaghata157. Vidyasagar
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