GEN · West Bengal
Contai
Sudhir Giri (CPM) won by 23,116 votes (3.4%).
- Electors
- 8,70,090
- Votes polled
- 6,96,283
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 80.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 3.4% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 6.4%(+4.9%)
- Turnout
- 85.2%(+2.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.9%
Winning margin over time · Contai
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudhir GiriWinner | CPM | 3,23,390 | 47.2% |
| 2 | Abha Maiti (w) | INC | 3,00,274 | 43.9% |
| 3 | Amelesh Misra | BJP | 45,384 | 6.6% |
| 4 | Bimal Jana | IND | 4,946 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Arabinda Manna | JP | 4,799 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Rana Santosh | IND | 3,503 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Kahar Bateswar | DDP | 1,239 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Adhar Nahal | HMS | 1,211 | 0.2% |
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