Constituency
538. Durgapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DURGAPUR
CPM 51.8%won by 15.7%BJP 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.4% to 15.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — 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).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 75.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,91,697
Turnout
75.9%
Valid votes
9,04,122
Margin
1,42,029
15.71%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1KHAN SUNILCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,68,44951.8%
- 2RAY SURYYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,26,42036.1%
- 3BHAGABAT MAJIIndian National Congress · INC1,09,25312.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–BJP swing
- −31.7%
- CPM share
- 55.7% → 51.8%
- BJP share
- 8.3% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- 78.2% → 75.9%