Falakata
Assembly constituency 13 (SC) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2001
#13 · SCAll candidates 6
Turnout 78.2%
Share of 1,54,747 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males906
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
- ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,20,361Residual 670
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
19.5 ppDipak BarmanBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
1.8 ppDipak BarmanBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
8.7 ppAnil AdhikariAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
4.9 ppAnil AdhikariAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
9.7 ppJogesh Ch. BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
14.1 ppJogesh Chandra BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996
13.8 ppJogesh Chandra BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991
6.8 ppJogesh Chandra BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
7.5 ppJagendra Nath Singha RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1982
9.8 ppJogendra Nath Singh RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1977
16.8 ppJogendra Nath Singh RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
8.1 ppA.H. Bester WitchRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1971
8.5 ppA. H. BesterwitchRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1969
1.9 ppA . H . BesterwitcohRevolutionary Socialist Party
- 1967
4.3 ppD.N.RaiIndian National Congress
- 1962
18.1 ppBhupendra Deb RaikutIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.5 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 86.7% of votes; the other 4 candidates 12.7% between them.
(61,000 + 43,977) ÷ 1,21,031 = 86.7% · 15,384 ÷ 1,21,031 = 12.7% -
Turnout of 78.2% was 0.9 pp above the state's median seat (77.3%).
78.2 − 77.3 = +0.9 -
The margin widened from 13.8 pp in 1996 to 14.1 pp.
14.1 − 13.8 = +0.3 pp -
Jogesh Chandra Barman also won in 1996.
1996 winner name = 2001 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,20,361
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,21,031
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 670
Candidate votes miss the published total by 670, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database