Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2003

Birganj

Assembly constituency 43 (GEN) · Tripura

State boardTripura 2003

[01]Result · 2003

#43 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors35,779

Votes polled29,935

Turnout83.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRanjit DebnathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)16,31054.6% of votes

MARGIN3,240 votes · 10.8 pp16,310 − 13,070

Runner-upJawhar Shaha Indian National Congress13,07043.7% of votes

CPI(M) 55.5% of top-two votesINC 44.5%

All candidates 3

01 Ranjit DebnathCPI(M)16,310 54.6%
02 Jawhar ShahaINC13,070 43.7%
03 Ratan RoyAB499 1.7%

Turnout 83.7%

Male 18,77052.5% Female 17,00947.5%

Share of 35,779 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males906
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 60 seats, 200380.3%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 29,879Residual 56

Seat history 2023–1972

2023
12.0 pp
Sanjoy Manik TripuraTipra Motha Party
2018
2.5 pp
Burba Mohan TripuraBharatiya Janata Party
2013
11.8 pp
Priyamani DebbarmaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2008
7.6 pp
Manoranjan AcharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2003
10.8 pp
Ranjit DebnathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1998
1.7 pp
Jawahar ShahaIndian National Congress
1993
6.3 pp
Ranjit DebnathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1988
8.0 pp
Jawhar ShahaIndian National Congress
1983
13.1 pp
Jawhar SahaIndependent
1977
10.3 pp
Syamal SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1972
21.2 pp
J Prasanna BhattacharjeeIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 98.1% of votes; the other 1 candidate 1.7% between them.
(16,310 + 13,070) ÷ 29,935 = 98.1% · 499 ÷ 29,935 = 1.7%
Turnout of 83.7% was 3.4 pp above the state's median seat (80.3%).
83.7 − 80.3 = +3.4
The margin widened from 1.7 pp in 1998 to 10.8 pp.
10.8 − 1.7 = +9.1 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1998, CPI(M) in 2003.
1998 INC · 2003 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines29,879
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled29,935
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 56

Candidate votes miss the published total by 56, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2003 · Tripura · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 60 seats on the Tripura Vidhan Sabha 2003 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database