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238. Jaipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-JAIPUR

INC 47.3%won by 0.8%FBL 46.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 0.8%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 857 votes (0.84%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,01,888
Margin
857
0.84%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHANTI RAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC48,21047.3%
  2. 2BINDESWAR MAHATOFBL · FBL47,35346.5%
  3. 3ABINASH SORENAMB · AMB2,0092.0%
  4. 4CHAKRADHAR MAHATOJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,6471.6%
  5. 5JAGADISH KARMAKARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,3901.4%
  6. 6KUMBHA KARNA MAHATOIndependent · IND1,2791.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–FBL swing
−3.3%
INC share
49.3% → 47.3%
FBL share
45.1% → 46.5%
Turnout
— → —
237. Jhalda239. Purulia
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