Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Bolpur

Somnath Chatterjee (CPM) won by 2,26,624 votes (32.5%).

Electors
9,25,057
Votes polled
7,13,844
Valid votes
Turnout
77.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1991 national median: 32.5% (median 10.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1991 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
21.7%(+14.4%)
Turnout
83.1%(+4.7%)
NOTA
1.4%
Top-2 squeeze
91.9%

Winning margin over time · Bolpur

1971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202440%

Candidates

Candidates · Bolpur 1991
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Somnath ChatterjeeWinnerCPM3,94,49656.6%
2Jivan MukhopadhyayIND1,67,87224.1%
3Tara Prasanna SinghaBJP1,17,39416.9%
4Aloke MukherjeeIND7,5771.1%
5Sailendra Nath MajumderBSP2,6540.4%
6Shymali Ghosh (w)JP2,3920.3%
7Sunil Kumar MitraIND2,1490.3%
8Maharaj MistryDDP9200.1%
9Manohar MarmuIND6150.1%
10Abu Tahir MirzaIND4280.1%

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