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223. Midnapore

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-MIDNAPORE

CPI 49.2%won by 5.5%AITC 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.1% to 5.5%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 43.7% — it did not contest here in 1996.

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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not in source
Valid votes
1,44,776
Margin
7,955
5.49%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1PURNENDU SENGUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI71,18849.2%
  2. 2GOURI GHOSHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC63,23343.7%
  3. 3BISWANATH PANDABBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,8764.7%
  4. 4PRANTOSH MAITYIndependent · IND1,1850.8%
  5. 5KISKU RAMESWARIndependent · IND1,0300.7%
  6. 6REAJUDDIN PATHANPDS · PDS6890.5%
  7. 7BIRENDRA NATH ADHIKARIAMB · AMB5750.4%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–AITC swing
−45.3%
CPI share
50.8% → 49.2%
AITC share
0.0% → 43.7%
Turnout
— → —
222. Salbani224. Kharagpur Town
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