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236. Arsa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-ARSA

FBL 49.3%won by 15.5%JMM 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 15.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
93,347
Margin
14,441
15.47%

Candidates

6 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1NISHIKANTA MEHTAFBL · FBL45,98549.3%
  2. 2AJIT PRASAD MAHATAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM31,54433.8%
  3. 3SUDHIR KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,65211.4%
  4. 4RAJ KUMAR MAHATOJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,0242.2%
  5. 5NABAKISHORE SAWIndependent · IND1,6241.7%
  6. 6TILAK BAURIIndependent · IND1,5181.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–JMM swing
−18.7%
FBL share
46.0% → 49.3%
JMM share
11.7% → 33.8%
Turnout
— → —
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