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535. Purulia

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-PURULIA

FBL 51.3%won by 21.4%INC 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 21.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 87.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 73.8%.

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

Electorate
9,94,968
Turnout
73.8%
Valid votes
7,34,059
Margin
1,57,137
21.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1BIR SINGH MAHAT0FBL · FBL3,76,31351.3%
  2. 2NEPAL MAHATAIndian National Congress · INC2,19,17629.9%
  3. 3ARUN GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP97,99613.3%
  4. 4AJIT PRASAD MAHATAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM35,6294.9%
  5. 5DHIREN CHANDRA MAHATOIndependent · IND2,1690.3%
  6. 6NEPAL CHANDRA BAURIIndependent · IND1,6200.2%
  7. 7PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHATOIndependent · IND1,1560.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
+6.5%
FBL share
51.0% → 51.3%
INC share
36.1% → 29.9%
Turnout
76.1% → 73.8%
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