Constituency
507. Balurghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-BALURGHAT
RSP 44.7%won by 7.5%BJP 37.2%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 7.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 75.9%.
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Electorate
11,07,468
Turnout
75.9%
Valid votes
8,40,898
Margin
62,921
7.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1Barman RanenRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,75,66944.7%
- 2Subhash Ch. BarmanBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,12,74837.2%
- 3Bikash BarmanIndian National Congress · INC1,43,03417.0%
- 4Gour BarmanIndependent · IND4,9860.6%
- 5Biswanath BarmanBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,4610.5%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–BJP swing
- −41.4%
- RSP share
- 48.9% → 44.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 37.2%
- Turnout
- 80.5% → 75.9%