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188. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006

WB-BALAGARH

CPIM 51.9%won by 13.4%AITC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 51.9% of the vote here (+51.9%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,34,280
Margin
17,965
13.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPIM
  1. 1DIBAKANTA ROUTHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM69,62751.9%
  2. 2ASIMA PATRAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC51,66238.5%
  3. 3BIREN SARKARIndian National Congress · INC7,6245.7%
  4. 4ASOKE BISWASIndependent · IND2,8582.1%
  5. 5GAUTAM MONDALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,5091.9%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPIMflipped
CPIM–AITC swing
+56.2%
CPIM share
0.0% → 51.9%
AITC share
42.8% → 38.5%
Turnout
— → —
187. Bansberia189. Pandua
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