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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2006

Kaliachak

Assembly constituency 49 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2006

[01]Result · 2006

#49 · GEN
Poll date17 Apr 2006
Contestants6
Electors1,80,320
Votes polled1,50,901
Turnout83.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerBiswanath GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)70,76646.9% of votes
MARGIN1,977 votes · 1.3 pp70,766 − 68,789
Runner-upAbu Hasem Khan Choudhury Indian National Congress68,78945.6% of votes
CPI(M) 50.7% of top-two votesINC 49.3%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Biswanath GhoshCPI(M)70,766 46.9%
  2. 02 Abu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryINC68,789 45.6%
  3. 03 Ali NalepAITC3,368 2.2%
  4. 04 Janmejay SarkarIND3,073 2.0%
  5. 05 Dhirendranath SarkarCPI(ML)L2,663 1.8%
  6. 06 Abdur Rauf AnsariBSP2,211 1.5%

Turnout 83.7%

025507510083.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 83.2%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 200683.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,50,870Residual 31

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    6.2 pp
    Gour Chandra MandalBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    16.5 pp
    Sabitri MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    7.4 pp
    Md. Mottakin AlamIndian National Congress
  4. 2011
    4.4 pp
    Sabitri MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    1.3 pp
    Biswanath GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    5.5 pp
    Abu Hasem Khan ChowdhuryIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    7.2 pp
    Abu Hasem Khan ChowdhuryIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    1.5 pp
    Dinesh JoardarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1987
    13.6 pp
    Dinesh JoardarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    10.3 pp
    Promode Ranjan BoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    1.0 pp
    Samsuddin AhmmadIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    19.9 pp
    Nrisinha Kumar MandalIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    6.9 pp
    Atul Chandra SarkarIndian National Congress
  14. 1969
    19.9 pp
    Kuber Chand HaldarBangal Congress
  15. 1967
    7.0 pp
    A.C. DasIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    3.8 pp
    Abhayapada SahaRevolutionary Socialist Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed AITC polled 3,368 votes, 1.7× the 1,977-vote margin.

    3,368 ÷ 1,977 = 1.7

  2. The top two polled 92.5% of votes; the other 4 candidates 7.5% between them.

    (70,766 + 68,789) ÷ 1,50,901 = 92.5% · 11,315 ÷ 1,50,901 = 7.5%

  3. Turnout of 83.7% was 0.5 pp above the state's median seat (83.2%).

    83.7 − 83.2 = +0.5

  4. The margin narrowed from 5.5 pp in 2001 to 1.3 pp.

    1.3 − 5.5 = −4.2 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: INC in 2001, CPI(M) in 2006.

    2001 INC · 2006 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,50,870
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,50,901
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 31

Candidate votes miss the published total by 31, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2006 · 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 2006 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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