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516. Joynagar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JOYNAGAR

RSP 48.5%won by 21.0%BJP 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.6% to 21.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.4% to 76.2%.

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

Electorate
11,00,779
Turnout
76.2%
Valid votes
8,39,016
Margin
1,76,061
20.98%

Candidates

4 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1SANAT KUMAR MANDALRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,06,74548.5%
  2. 2KRISHNAPADA MAJUMDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,30,68427.5%
  3. 3JAGAT PADA SANPUIIndian National Congress · INC1,07,11912.8%
  4. 4TARUN KANTI NASKARIndependent · IND94,46811.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–BJP swing
−22.3%
RSP share
48.2% → 48.5%
BJP share
4.9% → 27.5%
Turnout
81.7% → 76.2%
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