Constituency
178. Chanditala
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2001
WB-CHANDITALA
CPM 47.5%won by 0.6%AITC 47.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.6%.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 47.0% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 836 votes (0.56%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,48,270
Margin
836
0.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BHAKTARAM PANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM70,49947.5%
- 2AMIT MITRAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC69,66347.0%
- 3SUBIR MUKHERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,3793.6%
- 4KAJI NURUDDINPDS · PDS2,7291.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–AITC swing
- −46.8%
- CPM share
- 47.4% → 47.5%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 47.0%
- Turnout
- — → —