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60. Kanchanpur

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Tripura Assembly Election, 1998

TR-KANCHANPUR

CPM 44.8%won by 20.8%BJP 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.7% to 20.8%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.9% — it polled just 1.4% in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 76.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
19,983
Margin
4,163
20.83%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BINDURAM REANGCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,94844.8%
  2. 2NANJIRA REANGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,78523.9%
  3. 3KARTIK KUMAR KALAIIndependent · IND3,49017.5%
  4. 4ANEKROY REANGIndependent · IND2,34611.7%
  5. 5SAMARENDRA CHAKMAAMB · AMB4142.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–BJP swing
−24.7%
CPM share
47.0% → 44.8%
BJP share
1.4% → 23.9%
Turnout
— → —
59. Panisagar
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