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525. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-HOWRAH

WBTC 43.2%won by 0.6%CPM 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to WBTC (WBTC), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • WBTC vote shareWBTC went from 0.0% to 43.2% of the vote here (+43.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.7% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
13,67,313
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
10,12,502
Margin
6,535
0.65%

Candidates

13 contested · winner WBTC
  1. 1DR BIKRAM SARKARWBTC · WBTC4,37,22443.2%
  2. 2SWADESH CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,30,68942.5%
  3. 3AMBICA BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC1,34,78713.3%
  4. 4PROF DR SUSHEN MONDALIndependent · IND1,7940.2%
  5. 5RANJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1,3390.1%
  6. 6MD SHAFI ALAMIndependent · IND1,2630.1%
  7. 7ALOKE BARMANIndependent · IND1,1780.1%
  8. 8MUHAMMAD YAKUBIndependent · IND1,1520.1%
  9. 9AMAR NATH OJHAIndependent · IND1,1230.1%
  10. 10SHRIKANT UPADHYAYIndependent · IND6990.1%
  11. 11ALOKE BANERJEEIndependent · IND5140.1%
  12. 12BIMAN CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND4470.0%
  13. 13NANDALAL SHOWIndependent · IND2930.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
WBTCflipped
WBTC–CPM swing
+45.0%
WBTC share
0.0% → 43.2%
CPM share
44.4% → 42.5%
Turnout
73.1% → 74.0%
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