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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Murarai

Assembly constituency 294 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#294 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors1,40,475
Votes polled1,11,961
Turnout79.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDr. Qamre ElahiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)52,18646.6% of votes
MARGIN1,981 votes · 1.8 pp52,186 − 50,205
Runner-upDr. Motahar Hossain All India Trinamool Congress50,20544.9% of votes
CPI(M) 51.0% of top-two votesAITC 49.0%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Dr. Qamre ElahiCPI(M)52,186 46.6%
  2. 02 Dr. Motahar HossainAITC50,205 44.9%
  3. 03 Nanda Kishore MondalBJP4,180 3.7%
  4. 04 Rafiqual HossainIND2,734 2.4%
  5. 05 Durgadas GhoshPDS2,605 2.3%

Turnout 79.7%

025507510079.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.3%
Male 70,15749.9% Female 70,31850.1%

Share of 1,40,475 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,002
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,11,910Residual 51

Seat history 2026–1977

  1. 2026
    15.5 pp
    Dr. Mosarraf HossainAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2021
    45.4 pp
    Dr Mosarraf HossainAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    0.1 pp
    Abdur Rahaman (LITON)All India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    2.7 pp
    Nure Alam ChowdhuryAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    3.3 pp
    Elahi Md. QamreCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    1.8 pp
    Dr. Qamre ElahiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1996
    4.5 pp
    Motahar HossainIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    5.1 pp
    Motahar HossainIndian National Congress
  9. 1987
    1.0 pp
    Motahar HossainIndian National Congress
  10. 1982
    4.5 pp
    Motahar HossainIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    15.5 pp
    Motahar HossainIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 45.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 4,180 votes, 2.1× the 1,981-vote margin.

    4,180 ÷ 1,981 = 2.1

  2. The top two polled 91.5% of votes; the other 3 candidates 8.5% between them.

    (52,186 + 50,205) ÷ 1,11,961 = 91.5% · 9,519 ÷ 1,11,961 = 8.5%

  3. Turnout of 79.7% was 2.4 pp above the state's median seat (77.3%).

    79.7 − 77.3 = +2.4

  4. The margin narrowed from 4.5 pp in 1996 to 1.8 pp.

    1.8 − 4.5 = −2.7 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, CPI(M) in 2001.

    1996 INC · 2001 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,11,910
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,11,961
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 51

Candidate votes miss the published total by 51, 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

Candidates5 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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