536. Bankura

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 14.9% to 14.8%.

• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.9% — it polled just 1.0% in 1998.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 69.5%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.