TALTOLA
Assembly seat no. 154 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Winner, 2006
DEBESH DAS
CPM
Elections held
12
1962–2006
Most successful party
CPM
won 8 of 12
Margin, 2006
14,489
18.04% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
AITCSUMANTA KUMAR HIRA
- Votes
- 25,129
- Vote share
- 31.29%
- Behind by
- 14,489
Electors
1,21,431
Total votes polled
80,317
Valid votes
80,317
NOTA votes
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Turnout
66.1%
Full result, 2006
6 candidates · 80,317 valid votes
DEBESH DASCPMwon
39,618
49.3%
SUMANTA KUMAR HIRAAITC
25,129
31.3%
ANJAN HALDERINC
13,374
16.6%
SUKUMAR MONDALIND
940
1.2%
SUDHIR KUMAR BISHRAMIND
705
0.9%
ASHOK RAJAKIND
551
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | DEBESH DAS | CPM | 39,618 | 49.33% | SUMANTA KUMAR HIRA | 14,489 |
| 2001 | DEBESH DAS | CPM | 37,023 | 47.01% | DILIP KUMAR DAS | 834 |
| 1996 | TAPATI SAHA | CPM | 49,751 | 53.61% | SAMBHUNATH KOW (LALU) | 12,496 |
| 1991 | DEBESH DAS | CPM | 39,404 | 52.29% | UTPAL SHAW | 10,901 |
| 1987 | SUMANTA KUMAR HIRA | CPM | 34,626 | 50.22% | UTPAL SHAW | 1,595 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above