Constituency
515. Basirhat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BASIRHAT
CPI 48.9%won by 13.8%WBTC 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.6% to 13.8%.
- New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.9% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 82.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,53,262
Turnout
82.7%
Valid votes
8,70,909
Margin
1,20,076
13.79%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1AJAY CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India · CPI4,25,44248.9%
- 2DR SUDIPTO ROYWBTC · WBTC3,05,36635.1%
- 3SUSANTA GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC1,31,88715.1%
- 4MOLLA JAFORULLAIndian National League · INL6,3640.7%
- 5BIDDYUT PODDARShiv Sena · SHS1,1140.1%
- 6BISWAPATI SURIndependent · IND7360.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–WBTC swing
- −36.8%
- CPI share
- 50.6% → 48.9%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 87.5% → 82.7%