Constituency
187. Bansberia
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2001
WB-BANSBERIA
CPM 47.8%won by 0.4%AITC 47.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.4%.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 47.4% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 476 votes (0.37%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,27,187
Margin
476
0.37%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1ASHUTOSH MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM60,81847.8%
- 2TAPAN DASGUPTAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC60,34247.4%
- 3RITA MUKHERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6712.9%
- 4SHIBDHYAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,2341.0%
- 5AMARJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND6740.5%
- 6AJOY SENIndependent · IND4480.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–AITC swing
- −46.3%
- CPM share
- 46.7% → 47.8%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 47.4%
- Turnout
- — → —