Constituency
542. Bolpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BOLPUR
CPM 59.6%won by 31.8%WBTC 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.6% to 31.8%.
- New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 77.3%.
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Electorate
10,22,735
Turnout
77.3%
Valid votes
7,90,289
Margin
2,51,092
31.77%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SOMNATH CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,70,64559.6%
- 2GOUR HARI CHANDRAWBTC · WBTC2,19,55327.8%
- 3CHATTARAJ SUNITIIndian National Congress · INC1,00,09112.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–WBTC swing
- −28.8%
- CPM share
- 60.5% → 59.6%
- WBTC share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- 79.7% → 77.3%