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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Harishchandrapur

Assembly constituency 42 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#42 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7
Electors1,51,723
Votes polled1,24,494
Turnout82.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAlam MostaqueIndian National Congress60,54548.6% of votes
MARGIN2,302 votes · 1.8 pp60,545 − 58,243
Runner-upBirendra Kumar Maitra (BISHUBABU) All India Forward Bloc58,24346.8% of votes
INC 51.0% of top-two votesAIFB 49.0%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Alam MostaqueINC60,545 48.6%
  2. 02 Birendra Kumar Maitra (BISHUBABU)AIFB58,243 46.8%
  3. 03 Chandranath RayBJP2,564 2.1%
  4. 04 Alam MahabubIND1,081 0.9%
  5. 05 Sanchita DasIND777 0.6%
  6. 06 Jayanti JhaIND656 0.5%
  7. 07 Jayanta SinhaIND603 0.5%

Turnout 82.1%

025507510082.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 77.3%
Male 77,03950.8% Female 74,68449.2%

Share of 1,51,723 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males969
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200177.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,24,469Residual 25

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    1.0 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2021
    12.2 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    2.7 pp
    Rafikul IslamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  4. 2011
    5.2 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    1.5 pp
    Tajmul HossainAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2001
    1.8 pp
    Alam MostaqueIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    2.0 pp
    Birendra Kumar MaitraAll India Forward Bloc
  8. 1991
    11.0 pp
    Birendra Kumar MoitraAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1987
    16.5 pp
    Birendra Kumar MitraAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1982
    12.1 pp
    Abdul WahedIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    4.8 pp
    Birendra Kumar MaitraJanata Party
  12. 1972
    23.7 pp
    Bimal DasCommunist Party of India
  13. 1971
    4.9 pp
    Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India
  14. 1969
    22.8 pp
    Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India
  15. 1967
    7.6 pp
    S.G.SenIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    12.2 pp
    Lutfal HoqueIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 2,564 votes, 1.1× the 2,302-vote margin.

    2,564 ÷ 2,302 = 1.1

  2. The top two polled 95.4% of votes; the other 5 candidates 4.6% between them.

    (60,545 + 58,243) ÷ 1,24,494 = 95.4% · 5,681 ÷ 1,24,494 = 4.6%

  3. Turnout of 82.1% was 4.8 pp above the state's median seat (77.3%).

    82.1 − 77.3 = +4.8

  4. The margin narrowed from 2.0 pp in 1996 to 1.8 pp.

    1.8 − 2.0 = −0.2 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: AIFB in 1996, INC in 2001.

    1996 AIFB · 2001 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines1,24,469
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,24,494
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 25

Candidate votes miss the published total by 25, 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

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