Election
Constituency

266. Kanksa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-KANKSA

CPM 60.0%won by 30.8%INC 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.1% to 30.8%.

  • 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
1,24,869
Margin
38,402
30.75%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−5.4%
CPM share
61.7% 60.0%
INC share
25.5% 29.2%
Turnout