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Constituency

254. Kotulpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-KOTULPUR

CPM 68.5%won by 43.5%AITC 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.2% to 43.5%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,37,499
Margin
59,830
43.51%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMAITC swing
−20.3%
CPM share
63.8% 68.5%
AITC share
0.0% 25.0%
Turnout