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Constituency

50. Farakka

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006

WB-FARAKKA

INC 49.1%won by 5.4%CPIM 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 5.4%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 43.7% — it did not contest here in 2001.

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
1,21,673
Margin
6,540
5.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAINUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC59,68249.1%
  2. 2ABDUS SALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM53,14243.7%
  3. 3SOMEN PANDEYAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC4,4863.7%
  4. 4PARICHAY DASGUPTAIndependent · IND2,4742.0%
  5. 5AZIZUR RAHAMANMUL · MUL1,8891.6%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPIM swing
−45.2%
INC share
50.5% → 49.1%
CPIM share
0.0% → 43.7%
Turnout
— → —
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