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Assembly seat no. 140 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Winner, 1996
BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK
INC
Elections held
12
1962–2006
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 12
Margin, 1996
462
0.63% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
CPMANUP DAS
- Votes
- 33,337
- Vote share
- 45.60%
- Behind by
- 462
Electors
1,02,767
Total votes polled
73,114
Valid votes
73,114
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.2%
Full result, 1996
16 candidates · 73,114 valid votes
BANDYOPADHYAY TARAKINCwon
33,799
46.2%
ANUP DASCPM
33,337
45.6%
PRABHAKAR TEWARIBJP
4,743
6.5%
ANUPAM DASIND
322
0.4%
PRAYAG BHAGATIND
205
0.3%
RANJIT KUMAR BAUDHIND
130
0.2%
CHANDRAMOHAN GUPTAIND
106
0.1%
JOYANTA SINHAIND
105
0.1%
UPEN CHANDRA PAULIND
81
0.1%
BHAGYADHAR BAGIND
67
0.1%
ABHIJIT CHOUDHURYIND
63
0.1%
PRANAB BAGCHIIND
49
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 16. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | AITC | 26,150 | 43.15% | SALIL CHATTERJEE | 1,636 |
| 2001 | BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | AITC | 33,837 | 51.29% | BIJOY BHATTACHARJEE | 5,776 |
| 1996 | BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | INC | 33,799 | 46.23% | ANUP DAS | 462 |
| 1991 | DIPAK CHANDA | CPM | 30,775 | 46.79% | PRAFULAL KANTI GHOSH | 4,622 |
| 1987 | DIPAK CHANDA | CPM | 31,939 | 49.09% | PRAFULLA KANTI GHOSE | 425 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
