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287. Rajnagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-RAJNAGAR

FBL 54.8%won by 22.0%AITC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.4% to 22.0%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.7% of the vote between them, up from 82.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
98,273
Margin
21,599
21.98%

Candidates

5 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1BIJOY BAGDIFBL · FBL53,89854.8%
  2. 2ASHIMA DHIBARAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC32,29932.9%
  3. 3DHIBAR PALTUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,5947.7%
  4. 4PRADIP MONDALIndependent · IND2,4622.5%
  5. 5RATAN SAHAPDS · PDS2,0202.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–AITC swing
−32.9%
FBL share
54.8% → 54.8%
AITC share
0.0% → 32.9%
Turnout
— → —
286. Dubrajpur288. Suri
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