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507. Balurghat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BALURGHAT

RSP 48.9%won by 19.6%WBTC 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.0% to 19.6%.

  • New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 80.5%.

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

Electorate
10,88,350
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
8,76,645
Margin
1,72,175
19.64%

Candidates

7 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1RANEN BARMANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,28,71048.9%
  2. 2NANI GOPAL ROYWBTC · WBTC2,56,53529.3%
  3. 3MOHINI MOHAN ROYIndian National Congress · INC1,82,84620.9%
  4. 4PURNA CHANDRA SARKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,8880.4%
  5. 5DHIRENDRA NATH SINGHIndependent · IND2,7530.3%
  6. 6MALIN CHANDRA BARMANIndependent · IND1,2510.1%
  7. 7NIREN MONDALIndependent · IND6620.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–WBTC swing
−29.4%
RSP share
49.0% → 48.9%
WBTC share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
84.1% → 80.5%
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