Vidhan Sabha · WB-140

Cossipur

1996

BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK

INCINC

Margin4620.6%

Winner votes33,79946.2%

ReservationGEN

INCCPMBJPINDIND

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK INC	33,799	46.2%
2	ANUP DAS CPM	33,337	45.6%
3	PRABHAKAR TEWARI BJP	4,743	6.5%
4	ANUPAM DAS IND	322	0.4%
5	PRAYAG BHAGAT IND	205	0.3%
6	RANJIT KUMAR BAUDH IND	130	0.2%
7	CHANDRAMOHAN GUPTA IND	106	0.1%
8	JOYANTA SINHA IND	105	0.1%
9	UPEN CHANDRA PAUL IND	81	0.1%
10	BHAGYADHAR BAG IND	67	0.1%
11	ABHIJIT CHOUDHURY IND	63	0.1%
12	PRANAB BAGCHI IND	49	0.1%
13	GANGADHAR PANDA IND	30	0.0%
14	SUBRATA BANERJEE IND	26	0.0%
15	TAPATI DAS IND	26	0.0%
16	PARIMAL KUNDU IND	25	0.0%

Turnout71.2%Votes cast73,114Electors1,02,767

2001

BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK

AITCAITC + INC

Margin5,7768.8%

Winner votes33,83751.3%

ReservationGEN

AITCCPMBJPINDPDS

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK AITC	33,837	51.3%
2	BIJOY BHATTACHARJEE CPM	28,061	42.5%
3	DAROGA SINGH BJP	2,160	3.3%
4	SANJAY MAITY IND	538	0.8%
5	AMAR KUMAR BHATTACHARJEE PDS	345	0.5%
6	SANAT KUMAR DAS IND	323	0.5%
7	PRADYUT SAHA IND	209	0.3%
8	PARITOSH MUKHERJEE IND	135	0.2%
9	BISWANATH POTODEIA IND	110	0.2%
10	ANUJIT KUMAR NAN IND	109	0.2%
11	KRISHNADAS GHOSH IND	72	0.1%
12	BHOLANATH BISWAS IND	70	0.1%

Turnout62.5%Votes cast65,969Electors1,05,505

Winner held by2 different parties

Winner flipped1 time

Marginwidening

Turnoutfalling

Candidates16 → 12

Margin range462 – 5,776