Constituency
221. Garhbeta West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2006
WB-GARHBETA-WEST
CPIM 63.8%won by 39.3%BJP 24.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), which now leads by 39.3%.
- CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 63.8% of the vote here (+63.8%).
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,38,097
Margin
54,273
39.30%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPIM- 1KRISHNA PRASAD DULEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM88,10163.8%
- 2TAPAS SAHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,82824.5%
- 3SOUMEN KHANIndian National Congress · INC9,2546.7%
- 4TARAPADA MANDALIndependent · IND3,7552.7%
- 5ARUN ROYIndependent · IND3,1592.3%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPIMflipped
- CPIM–BJP swing
- +53.3%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 63.8%
- BJP share
- 14.0% → 24.5%
- Turnout
- — → —