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Constituency

197. Ghatal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-GHATAL

CPM 55.2%won by 15.6%AITC 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.8% to 15.6%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • 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
1,24,133
Margin
19,335
15.58%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RATAN PAKHIRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM68,46455.2%
  2. 2GOPAL KARAKAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC49,12939.6%
  3. 3AJIT KARAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,5405.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−41.0%
CPM share
56.5% → 55.2%
AITC share
0.0% → 39.6%
Turnout
— → —
196. Chandrakona198. Daspur
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