Constituency
504. Jalpaiguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-JALPAIGURI
CPM 49.1%won by 20.1%WBTC 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 20.1%.
- New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 80.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,85,257
Turnout
80.0%
Valid votes
8,68,672
Margin
1,74,975
20.14%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1MINATI SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,26,67249.1%
- 2KALYAN CHAKRABORTYWBTC · WBTC2,51,69729.0%
- 3SUBHRA PATRAIndian National Congress · INC1,65,84519.1%
- 4JOYGOPAL DASIndependent · IND6,1130.7%
- 5SANIKA MUNDAIndependent · IND5,4770.6%
- 6SHANKAR GANGULYIndependent · IND5,3100.6%
- 7ANIL ROYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,3870.5%
- 8LALIT BARMANIndependent · IND3,1710.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–WBTC swing
- −28.6%
- CPM share
- 48.7% → 49.1%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- 83.8% → 80.0%