Constituency
517. Mathurapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MATHURAPUR
CPM 46.5%won by 12.0%WBTC 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 12.0%.
- New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 79.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,61,625
Turnout
79.7%
Valid votes
8,46,486
Margin
1,01,876
12.04%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1RADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,93,63546.5%
- 2JAGARANJAN HALDARWBTC · WBTC2,91,75934.5%
- 3MONORANJAN HALDERIndian National Congress · INC1,39,32616.5%
- 4PRAHLAD KUMAR PURKAITIndependent · IND19,0422.2%
- 5KALIDAS HALDERIndependent · IND2,7240.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–WBTC swing
- −36.1%
- CPM share
- 48.1% → 46.5%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- 84.0% → 79.7%