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Constituency

521. Dum Dum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-DUM-DUM

BJP 51.6%won by 11.3%CPM 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 11.0% to 11.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.3% to 74.5%.
  • 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
15,98,044
Turnout
74.5%
Valid votes
11,91,114
Margin
1,34,561
11.30%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPCPM swing
+0.3%
BJP share
50.7% 51.6%
CPM share
39.7% 40.3%
Turnout
79.8% 74.5%