Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Diamond Harbour

Somendra Nath Mitra (AITC) won by 1,51,689 votes (14.4%).

Electors
13,02,398
Votes polled
10,54,561
Valid votes
10,54,068
Turnout
81.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 14.4% (median 7.0%). Back to West Bengal · 2009 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
46.8%(+23.7%)
Turnout
81.4%(+6.2%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
91.1%

Winning margin over time · Diamond Harbour

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Candidates

Candidates · Diamond Harbour 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Somendra Nath MitraWinnerAITC5,64,61253.6%
2Samik LahiriCPM4,12,92339.2%
3Abhijit DasBJP37,5423.6%
4Mainuddin ChistyIND9,9660.9%
5Sk. NasiruddinSP7,4860.7%
6Harunal Rasid KajiNCP7,1870.7%
7R.N. ChaudhuryBSP4,9890.5%
8Debajyoti SenguptaIND4,2080.4%
9Shyamal MandalABP2,6640.3%
10Bechu MondalIND2,5350.2%

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