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520. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPM 46.0%won by 3.4%WBTC 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.3% to 3.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1996.

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

Electorate
10,25,177
Turnout
81.2%
Valid votes
8,32,611
Margin
27,957
3.36%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1TARIT BARAN TOPDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,83,05446.0%
  2. 2ADHIKARY TARUNWBTC · WBTC3,55,09742.6%
  3. 3LAL BAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC82,7419.9%
  4. 4PARIMAL KANTI RAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,0590.8%
  5. 5MEENA PALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,3150.4%
  6. 6PRADIP PALIndependent · IND8880.1%
  7. 7NARAYAN PODDARIndependent · IND4570.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–WBTC swing
−46.2%
CPM share
49.5% → 46.0%
WBTC share
0.0% → 42.6%
Turnout
79.7% → 81.2%
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