Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Asansol

Haradhan Roy (CPM) won by 46,950 votes (5.8%).

Electors
12,07,881
Votes polled
8,41,736
Valid votes
Turnout
69.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 5.8% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
4.6%(-11.5%)
Turnout
73.5%(+3.6%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
89.6%

Winning margin over time · Asansol

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Candidates

Candidates · Asansol 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Haradhan RoyWinnerCPM3,76,80646.4%
2Sukumar BandyopadhyayINC3,29,85640.6%
3Surendranath LambaBJP69,7378.6%
4Gonesh PalIND11,5561.4%
5Ajit SorenJMM8,4671.0%
6Brahmadev RamIND6,2150.8%
7Gaanty ManikAMB3,2050.4%
8Kishore ChatterjeeAIIC(T)2,7370.3%
9Harish Chandra RajbharIND1,8690.2%
10Bhrigunath SharmaIND1,1860.1%
11Bhabani Tosh MukherjeeIND8910.1%

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