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Constituency

246. Ranibandh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-RANIBANDH

CPM 57.8%won by 37.0%JMM 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.0% to 37.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
93,799
Margin
34,741
37.04%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMJMM swing
−11.9%
CPM share
55.9% 57.8%
JMM share
6.9% 20.7%
Turnout