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38. Balurghat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006

WB-BALURGHAT

RSP 46.2%won by 6.7%BJP 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 6.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.7% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.

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
1,23,782
Margin
8,255
6.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1BISWANATH CHOUDHURYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP57,15046.2%
  2. 2CHOUDHURI DEBASREEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,89539.5%
  3. 3TAPAN KANTI DEBIndian National Congress · INC13,07010.6%
  4. 4SAGAR MODAKIndependent · IND3,0022.4%
  5. 5NRIPENDRA NATH HASDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6651.3%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–BJP swing
−35.2%
RSP share
47.4% → 46.2%
BJP share
5.5% → 39.5%
Turnout
— → —
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