Constituency
531. Tamluk
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-TAMLUK
CPM 51.2%won by 9.4%WBTC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.4%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 47.8% to 51.2% of the vote here (+3.4%).
- New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 85.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,88,343
Turnout
85.6%
Valid votes
9,31,997
Margin
87,952
9.44%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,77,51651.2%
- 2NIRMALENDU BHATTACHERJEEWBTC · WBTC3,89,56441.8%
- 3JAYANTA BHATTACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC56,5386.1%
- 4ASUTOSH SAMANTAIndependent · IND7,5420.8%
- 5ANANTA KUMAR PAULAJBP · AJBP8370.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–WBTC swing
- −38.4%
- CPM share
- 47.8% → 51.2%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- 88.5% → 85.6%