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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Kurseong

Assembly constituency 24 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#24 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants4
Electors1,71,721
Votes polled1,04,431
Turnout60.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerShanta ChettriGorkha National Liberation Front55,63053.3% of votes
MARGIN30,901 votes · 29.6 pp55,630 − 24,729
Runner-upTulsi Bhattrai Communist Party of India (Marxist)24,72923.7% of votes
GNLF 69.2% of top-two votesCPI(M) 30.8%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Shanta ChettriGNLF55,630 53.3%
  2. 02 Tulsi BhattraiCPI(M)24,729 23.7%
  3. 03 Pradip PradhanIND14,854 14.2%
  4. 04 Balaram ChhetriBJP9,180 8.8%

Turnout 60.8%

025507510060.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.3%
Male 86,87550.6% Female 84,84649.4%

Share of 1,71,721 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males977
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 1,04,393Residual 38

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    9.4 pp
    Sonam LamaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    9.0 pp
    Bishnu Prasad Sharma (alias B.P. Bajgain)Bharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    21.5 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  4. 2011
    60.3 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  5. 2006
    27.9 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  6. 2001
    29.6 pp
    Shanta ChettriGorkha National Liberation Front
  7. 1996
    16.4 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  8. 1991
    13.3 pp
    Nar Bahadur ChettriIndependent
  9. 1987
    52.2 pp
    Harka Bahadur RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    0.5 pp
    H. B. RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    3.5 pp
    Dawa NorbulaIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    24.5 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    10.4 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  14. 1969
    24.8 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    16.1 pp
    T.WangoiIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    6.8 pp
    Phanis Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 60.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 76.9% of votes; the other 2 candidates 23.0% between them.

    (55,630 + 24,729) ÷ 1,04,431 = 76.9% · 24,034 ÷ 1,04,431 = 23.0%

  2. Turnout of 60.8% was 16.5 pp below the state's median seat (77.3%).

    60.8 − 77.3 = −16.5

  3. The margin widened from 16.4 pp in 1996 to 29.6 pp.

    29.6 − 16.4 = +13.2 pp

  4. GNLF held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 GNLF · 2001 GNLF

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines1,04,393
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,04,431
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 38

Candidate votes miss the published total by 38, 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

Candidates4 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

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