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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribes]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Overview==&lt;br /&gt;
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 40 Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) covers Dwipkhanda, Gophanagar, Harsura, Malancha and Tapan Chandipur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Tapan (Community development block)|Tapan]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Boaldar, Chak Vrigu, Jalghar, Bolla, Danga, Gopalbati, Najirpur and Patiram gram panchayats of [[Balurghat (Community development block)|Balurghat]] community development block,&amp;lt;ref name =delimitation&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (ST) is part of No. 6 [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&amp;lt;ref name =delimitation/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
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! Election&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Tapan||Nathaniel Murmu ||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Nathaniel Murmu||Revolutionary Socialist Party &amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1969||||Nathanel Murmu||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1971||||Patrash Hembram||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971&amp;gt;{{cite web| url    =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1972||||Patrash Hembrom||Indian National Congress&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972&amp;gt;{{cite web| url     =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1977||||Nathaniel Murmu||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1982||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf  |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1987||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987&amp;gt;{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1991||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|1996||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Khara Soren||Revolutionary Socialist Party&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Bachchu Hansda||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011&amp;gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Bachchu Hansda||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Budhrai Tudu]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] &lt;br /&gt;
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|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
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===2021 Election===&lt;br /&gt;
In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Budhrai Tudu of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Kalpana Kisku of TMC.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Tapan (ST) constituency}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Budhrai Tudu&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 84,381&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 45.29&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +33.19&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Kalpana Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 82,731&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 44.41&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +1.63&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Raghu Urow&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 12,088&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 6.49&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -33.70&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bablu Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,146&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.15&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +0.02&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,703&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.91&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -1.51&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Mukti Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Albinus Hasda&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,315&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.71&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Kamtapur People&amp;#039;s Party|KPPU]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Nipesh Tirki&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,125&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.60&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Kalicharan Ekka&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 820&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.44&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.33&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 186,309&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 89.42&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +0.58&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
 {{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2016 Election===&lt;br /&gt;
In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Bachchu Hansda of TMC defeated his nearest rival Raghu Urow of RSP.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Tapan (ST) constituency}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bachchu Hansda&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 72,511&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 42.78&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -8.83&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Raghu Urow&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 68,110&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 40.19&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +1.83&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Krishna Kujur&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 20,510&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 12.10&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +7.47&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,101&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 2.42&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bablu Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,913&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.13&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.24&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Kalicharan Ekka&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,298&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.77&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ram Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,045&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.62&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -0.15&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 169,488&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 88.84&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +3.20&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
 {{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2011===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2011 election, Bachchu Hansda of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Khara Soren of RSP.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Tapan (ST) constituency&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2011/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;amp;cid=40|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Tapan| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 4 August 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bachchu Hansda&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 72,643&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 51.61&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = #&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Khara Soren&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 53,986&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 38.36&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -18.43&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Colombas Tirki&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6,518&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 4.63&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Nitai Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,931&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.37&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Bajal Soren&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,686&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Sobindra Nath Mahato&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,670&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Independent&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ukil Kujur&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,238&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Rayman Kisku&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,081&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.77&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 140,753&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 89.78&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser  = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = #&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1977–2006===&lt;br /&gt;
Khara Soren of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Tapan (ST) assembly  seat six times in a row, defeating his nearest rivals Columbus Tirkey of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]],&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2006/&amp;gt; Anony Uraw of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha2001/&amp;gt; Lakshmi Ram Hembram of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1996/&amp;gt; and 1991,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1991/&amp;gt; Japan Bhonajala of Congress in 1987,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1987/&amp;gt; and Japan Hasda of Congress in 1982.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1982/&amp;gt; Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Natheniel Murmu of RSP defeated Sebastian Tudu of Congress in 1977.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1977/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp36.htm | title =36 - Tapan (ST) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===1962–1972===&lt;br /&gt;
Patrash Hembram of Congress won in 1972&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1972/&amp;gt; and 1971.&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1971/&amp;gt; Nathaniel Murmu of RSP/ Independent, won in 1969,&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1969/&amp;gt; 1967&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1967/&amp;gt; and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].&amp;lt;ref name=vidhansabha1962/&amp;gt; Prior to the Tapan seat was not there.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Dakshin Dinajpur topics}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Politics of Dakshin Dinajpur district]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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