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Constituency

506. Raiganj

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-RAIGANJ

INC 46.7%won by 8.6%CPM 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.1% to 46.7% of the vote here (+7.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
11,44,667
Turnout
76.5%
Valid votes
8,75,716
Margin
75,255
8.59%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+9.3%
INC share
39.1% 46.7%
CPM share
39.8% 38.1%
Turnout
78.3% 76.5%