Election
Constituency

239. Purulia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-PURULIA

CPM 48.8%won by 4.7%AITC 44.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 4.7%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 44.1% — 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
1,17,115
Margin
5,509
4.70%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1NIKHIL MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM57,12448.8%
  2. 2KAMAKSHYA PRASAD SINGH DEOAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC51,61544.1%
  3. 3GOBINDA MUKHERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4273.8%
  4. 4PRABIR MAHATOIndependent · IND2,2331.9%
  5. 5DHIREN RAJAKJKPN · JKPN1,7161.5%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−43.4%
CPM share
48.1% → 48.8%
AITC share
0.0% → 44.1%
Turnout
— → —
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