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Constituency

511. Berhampore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BERHAMPORE

RSP 44.5%won by 14.2%BJP 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 14.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.1% to 73.0%.

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

Electorate
11,90,096
Turnout
73.0%
Valid votes
8,68,246
Margin
1,23,369
14.21%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSPBJP swing
−28.5%
RSP share
48.8% 44.5%
BJP share
6.1% 30.2%
Turnout
79.0% 73.0%