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Constituency

261. Raniganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-RANIGANJ

CPM 72.7%won by 54.0%INC 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.4% to 54.0%.

  • 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
1,15,868
Margin
62,576
54.01%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+22.6%
CPM share
62.8% 72.7%
INC share
31.4% 18.7%
Turnout