Tamluk
Assembly constituency 202 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2001
#202 · GENAll candidates 7
Turnout 86.7%
Share of 1,61,390 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males963
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
- ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,39,886Residual 17
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
14.5 ppSusanta GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
6.0 ppSusanta GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
22.4 ppIqbal AhmedAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
15.1 ppIqbal AhmedAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
7.2 ppMitra JagannathCommunist Party of India
- 2001
5.3 ppNirbed RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
- 1996
0.2 ppAnil MudiIndian National Congress
- 1991
4.0 ppAnil MudiIndian National Congress
- 1987
8.8 ppSurajit Saran BagchiCommunist Party of India
- 1982
10.9 ppBiswanath MukherjeeCommunist Party of India
- 1977
0.2 ppBiswanath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India
- 1972
21.7 ppPrasanta Kumar SahooIndian National Congress
- 1971
2.2 ppAmarendra Krishna GoswamiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
10.3 ppRoy Chaudhury BiswabrataBangal Congress
- 1967
17.6 ppB . MaityBangal Congress
- 1962
30.9 ppDebendra Nath MahatoIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.9 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 94.2% of votes; the other 5 candidates 5.8% between them.
(69,630 + 62,184) ÷ 1,39,903 = 94.2% · 8,072 ÷ 1,39,903 = 5.8% -
Turnout of 86.7% was 9.4 pp above the state's median seat (77.3%).
86.7 − 77.3 = +9.4 -
The margin widened from 0.2 pp in 1996 to 5.3 pp.
5.3 − 0.2 = +5.1 pp -
The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, AITC in 2001.
1996 INC · 2001 AITC
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines1,39,886
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,39,903
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 17
Candidate votes miss the published total by 17, 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
Candidates7 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