BOW BAZAR
Assembly seat no. 145 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.
Winner, 2001
NAYNA BANDYOPADHYAY
AITC
Elections held
11
1962–2006
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 11
Margin, 2001
11,949
23.66% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
CPMAJIT PANDEY
- Votes
- 15,891
- Vote share
- 31.47%
- Behind by
- 11,949
Electors
1,16,528
Total votes polled
50,495
Valid votes
50,495
NOTA votes
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Turnout
43.3%
Full result, 2001
9 candidates · 50,495 valid votes
NAYNA BANDYOPADHYAYAITCwon
27,840
55.1%
AJIT PANDEYCPM
15,891
31.5%
SYED SAHID IMAMIND
3,039
6.0%
ARUN KUMAR HAZRABJP
2,726
5.4%
DILIP KUMAR DUTTAIND
330
0.7%
SUMANTA BHOWMICKIND
281
0.6%
SUBRATA SINGHAIND
162
0.3%
RATHINDAR NATH BHATTACHARYAIND
130
0.3%
KHURSHID ALI AFZALIND
96
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | INC | 21,451 | 40.29% | REKHA SINGH | 6,142 |
| 2001 | NAYNA BANDYOPADHYAY | AITC | 27,840 | 55.13% | AJIT PANDEY | 11,949 |
| 1996 | SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | INC | 36,579 | 59.37% | SUJIT MANDAL | 19,398 |
| 1991 | SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | INC | 29,405 | 54.09% | JYOTILAK GUHAROY | 11,733 |
| 1987 | SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | INC | 30,333 | 56.65% | MD. ISMAIL | 10,742 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BOW BAZAR assembly constituency in 2006?
SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY (INC) won BOW BAZAR in 2006, by a margin of 6,142 votes.
Which party has won BOW BAZAR the most times?
INC, with 9 of the 11 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BOW BAZAR gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1962 to 2006.
Who has won BOW BAZAR the most times?
SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY, with 4 wins between 1987 and 2006.
