Constituency
85. Bongaon
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2006
WB-BONGAON
AITC 49.3%won by 2.0%CPIM 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which now leads by 2.0%.
- AITC vote shareAITC went from 17.9% to 49.3% of the vote here (+31.4%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 47.3% — it did not contest here in 2001.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 75.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,74,871
Margin
3,465
1.98%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AITC- 1BHUPENDRA NATH SETHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC86,21349.3%
- 2PANKAJ GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM82,74847.3%
- 3MAKHAN ROYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1761.2%
- 4PINAKI RANJAN BHARATIIndependent · IND1,5650.9%
- 5SUKRITI RANJAN BISWASRPIA · RPIA1,2980.7%
- 6BISESWAR MONDALAMB · AMB8710.5%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- AITCflipped
- AITC–CPIM swing
- −16.0%
- AITC share
- 17.9% → 49.3%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- — → —