Bishnupur WestAssembly by-election result, 2009
Madan Mitra (AITC) won Bishnupur West in the 2009 assembly by-election with 58.1% of the vote, beating Dr. I. Hossain (CPM) by 30,395 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 111 was Magrahat East. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 111 is Panihati. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Madan Mitra won by 20.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madan Mitra  AITC | AITC | 85,33558.1% |
| 2 | Dr. I. Hossain | 54,94037.4% | |
| 3 | Tapan Ghosh | 4,1602.8% | |
| 4 | Arindrajit Ghosh IND | IND | 2,5001.7% |
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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
AITC and CPM took 95% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.09 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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