GEN · West Bengal
Contai
Prasanta Pradhan (CPM) won by 59,190 votes (6.4%).
- Electors
- 10,81,102
- Votes polled
- 9,21,634
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 85.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 2004 national median: 6.4% (median 9.9%). Back to West Bengal · 2004 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 | Prasanta PradhanWinner | CPM | 4,64,743 | 50.1% |
| 2 | Nitish Sengupta | AITC | 4,05,553 | 43.8% |
| 3 | Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo | INC | 26,010 | 2.8% |
| 4 | Jiban Das | IND | 11,707 | 1.3% |
| 5 | Adhar Chandra Nahal | IND | 9,676 | 1.0% |
| 6 | Asalata Majumdar | BSP | 9,085 | 1.0% |
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