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508. Malda

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-MALDA

INC 40.2%won by 3.0%CPM 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.9% to 3.0%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 77.4%.
  • 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
10,47,279
Turnout
77.4%
Valid votes
8,10,196
Margin
24,553
3.03%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress · INC3,25,83340.2%
  2. 2Sailen SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,01,28037.2%
  3. 3Muzaffar KhanBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,72,57521.3%
  4. 4Budhrai KiskuJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,9280.4%
  5. 5Biswanath GuhaIndependent · IND1,9810.2%
  6. 6Ataur RahamanIndependent · IND1,2280.2%
  7. 7Nani Gopal SarkarIndependent · IND1,0270.1%
  8. 8Md. NekmuddinMUL · MUL8720.1%
  9. 9Aanjur IslamIndependent · IND7900.1%
  10. 10Helarious MardiIndependent · IND6300.1%
  11. 11Dr. Libias MondalIndependent · IND6300.1%
  12. 12Ahejuddin KhanJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4220.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−2.9%
INC share
42.4% → 40.2%
CPM share
36.5% → 37.2%
Turnout
80.7% → 77.4%
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