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503. Alipurduars

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-ALIPURDUARS

RSP 51.2%won by 20.1%BJP 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 20.1%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 73.2%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,39,377
Turnout
73.2%
Valid votes
7,60,862
Margin
1,53,133
20.13%

Candidates

6 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1Joachim BaxlaRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,89,91951.2%
  2. 2Dhirendra NarjinaraiBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,36,78631.1%
  3. 3Basanti BaraikIndian National Congress · INC1,19,30915.7%
  4. 4Rabindra Kumar BrahmaIndependent · IND7,4031.0%
  5. 5Ram Pratap BaraikIndependent · IND5,1990.7%
  6. 6Kolha BaraikNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,2460.3%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–BJP swing
−4.1%
RSP share
51.5% → 51.2%
BJP share
27.2% → 31.1%
Turnout
78.8% → 73.2%
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