Constituency
231. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 2006
WB-JHARGRAM
CPIM 54.8%won by 29.5%INC 25.3%
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 29.5%.
- CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 54.8% of the vote here (+54.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 2001.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 69.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,35,544
Margin
40,001
29.51%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPIM- 1AMAR BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM74,30054.8%
- 2SHIVENDRA BIJOYIndian National Congress · INC34,29925.3%
- 3TAPAN KUMAR SINGHAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC20,26214.9%
- 4ARUN DASIndependent · IND6,6834.9%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPIMflipped
- CPIM–INC swing
- +29.5%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 54.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —