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542. Bolpur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-BOLPUR

CPM 65.6%won by 40.3%AITC 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.8% to 40.3%.

  • 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
10,35,012
Turnout
74.4%
Valid votes
7,70,059
Margin
3,10,305
40.30%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1Chatterjee SomnathCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,04,83665.6%
  2. 2Dr. Nirmal Kumar MajiAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1,94,53125.3%
  3. 3Dhananjoy GhoshIndian National Congress · INC48,7566.3%
  4. 4Budhen SorenIndependent · IND9,8601.3%
  5. 5Bhabotosh MandalBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,5610.9%
  6. 6Bijoy DoluiIndependent · IND5,5150.7%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
+16.5%
CPM share
59.4% → 65.6%
AITC share
35.5% → 25.3%
Turnout
75.4% → 74.4%
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