GEN · West Bengal
Contai
Sudhir Giri (CPM) won by 24,042 votes (2.9%).
- Electors
- 9,31,232
- Votes polled
- 8,29,074
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 89.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 2.9% (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.
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 | 3,97,028 | 48.7% |
| 2 | Nitish Sengupta | INC | 3,72,986 | 45.8% |
| 3 | Amalesh Misra | BJP | 32,924 | 4.0% |
| 4 | Nikhilesh Nanda | IND | 7,317 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Joytirmoy Maity | IND | 3,442 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Adhar Nahal | IND | 772 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Goutam Pahari | IND | 637 | 0.1% |
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