Election
Constituency

225. Kharagpur Rural

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-KHARAGPUR-RURAL

CPM 52.5%won by 17.3%AITC 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 17.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,27,352
Margin
22,024
17.29%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMAITC swing
−39.9%
CPM share
57.2% 52.5%
AITC share
0.0% 35.2%
Turnout