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Constituency

162. Howrah North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-HOWRAH-NORTH

CPM 71.0%won by 49.2%INC 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 49.2%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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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Valid votes
1,45,591
Margin
71,615
49.19%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1LAGAN DEO SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,03,41071.0%
  2. 2ASOK GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC31,79521.8%
  3. 3ANIL GOYALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,3344.4%
  4. 4SHEKHAR PRASAD SONKARNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,1110.8%
  5. 5BRIJ LAL PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7300.5%
  6. 6SUBRATA MONDALIndependent · IND7290.5%
  7. 7RAJ KUMAR PASWANBMF · BMF3100.2%
  8. 8SHYAMAL MONDALIndependent · IND2600.2%
  9. 9SAILEN NASKARIndependent · IND2500.2%
  10. 10ANAND KUMAR SONKARIndependent · IND1880.1%
  11. 11SHOVA DASIndependent · IND1780.1%
  12. 12VIKRAM SONKARIndependent · IND1530.1%
  13. 13T. APPA RAOIndependent · IND1430.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+32.5%
CPM share
55.2% → 71.0%
INC share
38.5% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
161. Bally163. Howrah Central
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