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528. Hooghly

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-HOOGHLY

CPM 47.9%won by 1.4%AITC 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 1.4%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 46.6% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 79.2%.

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

Electorate
11,60,870
Turnout
79.2%
Valid votes
9,19,250
Margin
12,485
1.36%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,40,67447.9%
  2. 2Tapan Das GuptaAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC4,28,18946.6%
  3. 3Dilip NathIndian National Congress · INC48,0685.2%
  4. 4Ajit Kumar KoleyIndependent · IND1,3760.1%
  5. 5Subhra Prosad GhoshIndependent · IND9430.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−44.9%
CPM share
46.2% → 47.9%
AITC share
0.0% → 46.6%
Turnout
82.0% → 79.2%
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