Constituency
522. Calcutta North West
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-WEST
WBTC 49.1%won by 15.9%CPM 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to WBTC (WBTC), which now leads by 15.9%.
- WBTC vote shareWBTC went from 0.0% to 49.1% of the vote here (+49.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 66.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,95,698
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
4,62,269
Margin
73,483
15.90%
Candidates
14 contested · winner WBTC- 1SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAYWBTC · WBTC2,26,83249.1%
- 2SARALA MAHESWARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,53,34933.2%
- 3DEBIPRASAD PALIndian National Congress · INC75,04716.2%
- 4KANA RAMShiv Sena · SHS1,4210.3%
- 5RAMEN PANDEYIndependent · IND1,3930.3%
- 6ABDUL SAMAD SARDARAIICS · AIICS8450.2%
- 7ASHOKE DUTTAIndependent · IND7770.2%
- 8GHOLAM MOHAMMADIndependent · IND6980.2%
- 9NARAYAN SAHAIndependent · IND5970.1%
- 10ASHOK PANDEYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP4800.1%
- 11BIHARI LAL THALIAIndependent · IND3230.1%
- 12SULTAN AHMED TARAFDERIndependent · IND2060.0%
- 13AMAR NATH SENIndependent · IND1530.0%
- 14INDRANIL COOMARIndependent · IND1480.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- WBTCflipped
- WBTC–CPM swing
- +15.9%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 49.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 63.4% → 66.5%