Constituency
277. Nadanghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2001
WB-NADANGHAT
CPM 43.7%won by 1.4%AITC 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.4% to 1.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 42.3% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,59,789
Margin
2,198
1.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1RATAN DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM69,81743.7%
- 2SWAPAN DEBNATHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC67,61942.3%
- 3SUKHAMAY NATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,6298.5%
- 4SAIFUDDIN CHOUDHURYPDS · PDS4,9643.1%
- 5SREEKANTA RANACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,3321.5%
- 6BIRJEN CHALLIndependent · IND1,4280.9%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–AITC swing
- −45.6%
- CPM share
- 47.0% → 43.7%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —