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525. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-HOWRAH

CPM 50.0%won by 10.5%AITC 39.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: WBTC (WBTC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 10.5%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 42.5% to 50.0% of the vote here (+7.4%).
  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 71.0%.

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

Electorate
13,81,960
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
9,81,399
Margin
1,03,449
10.54%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
WBTC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMAITC swing
−32.0%
CPM share
42.5% 50.0%
AITC share
0.0% 39.4%
Turnout
74.0% 71.0%