Constituency
163. Howrah Central
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2006
WB-HOWRAH-CENTRAL
CPIM 42.3%won by 7.9%AITC 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), which now leads by 7.9%.
- CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 42.3% of the vote here (+42.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 88.8% — 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
84,322
Margin
6,669
7.91%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPIM- 1ARUP RAY (TUKUN)Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM35,65742.3%
- 2AMBICA BANERJEEAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC28,98834.4%
- 3SIMA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC17,02220.2%
- 4SUBHAS SANTRAIndependent · IND8621.0%
- 5SHIUMANGAL CHANDELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7680.9%
- 6MONORANJAN POLLEYIndependent · IND5830.7%
- 7SANDIP KUMARIndependent · IND4420.5%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- AITC
- Winner now
- CPIMflipped
- CPIM–AITC swing
- +63.8%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- AITC share
- 55.9% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- — → —