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543. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 49.1%won by 20.8%BJP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.9% to 20.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% between them, down from 86.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 75.4%.

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

Electorate
10,28,114
Turnout
75.4%
Valid votes
7,75,121
Margin
1,61,512
20.84%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DOME RAM CHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,80,31449.1%
  2. 2DR MADAN LAL CHOUDHURYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,18,80228.2%
  3. 3ASIT KR MALIndian National Congress · INC1,64,55521.2%
  4. 4BRAJA MOHAN DASIndependent · IND5,6320.7%
  5. 5NANI GOPAL DASIndependent · IND4,1460.5%
  6. 6SADHAN SAHAIndependent · IND1,6720.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–BJP swing
−18.5%
CPM share
50.4% → 49.1%
BJP share
11.0% → 28.2%
Turnout
80.4% → 75.4%
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