Who won Kanksa in the 2001 Assembly election?

ANKURE SARESH of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won Kanksa in the 2001 Assembly election with 74,880 votes (60.0% vote share), a margin of 38,402 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

266. Kanksa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

WB-KANKSA

CPM 60.0%won by 30.8%INC 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.1% to 30.8%.

Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,24,869

Margin

38,402

30.75%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM

1ANKURE SARESH Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM74,88060.0%
2HIMANGSHU KUMAR MONDAL Indian National Congress · INC36,47829.2%
3SHIB NARAYAN SAHA Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,51110.8%

Since 1996

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: CPM
CPM–INC swing: −5.4%
CPM share: 61.7% → 60.0%
INC share: 25.5% → 29.2%
Turnout: — → —

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