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Constituency

196. Chandrakona

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-CHANDRAKONA

CPM 62.1%won by 29.2%AITC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.4% to 29.2%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,42,127
Margin
41,541
29.23%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMAITC swing
−29.7%
CPM share
59.0% 62.1%
AITC share
0.0% 32.9%
Turnout