Constituency
527. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SERAMPORE
WBTC 44.7%won by 4.5%CPM 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to WBTC (WBTC), which now leads by 4.5%.
- WBTC vote shareWBTC went from 0.0% to 44.7% of the vote here (+44.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 75.2%.
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Electorate
13,08,205
Turnout
75.2%
Valid votes
9,83,242
Margin
44,611
4.54%
Candidates
5 contested · winner WBTC- 1AKBOR ALI KHANDOKERWBTC · WBTC4,39,26944.7%
- 2SUDARSAN RAY CHAUDHURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,94,65840.1%
- 3PRADIP BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC1,43,99914.6%
- 4ASHOKE ROYLok Shakti · LS4,0640.4%
- 5GOPAL SARKARIndependent · IND1,2520.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- WBTCflipped
- WBTC–CPM swing
- +50.4%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- CPM share
- 45.9% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- 77.4% → 75.2%