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Constituency

533. Midnapore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MIDNAPORE

CPI 52.7%won by 32.1%BJP 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.3% to 32.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 79.3%.

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

Electorate
10,81,863
Turnout
79.3%
Valid votes
8,58,210
Margin
2,75,519
32.10%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIBJP swing
−17.4%
CPI share
56.3% 52.7%
BJP share
6.8% 20.6%
Turnout
82.5% 79.3%