Constituency
529. Arambagh
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-ARAMBAGH
CPM 54.0%won by 12.5%BJP 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.2% to 12.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,43,407
Turnout
81.6%
Valid votes
9,33,500
Margin
1,16,721
12.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,03,92054.0%
- 2Chunilal ChakrabortyBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,87,19941.5%
- 3Idrish AliIndian National Congress · INC40,8164.4%
- 4Joykrishna BeraIndependent · IND1,5650.2%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–BJP swing
- −7.7%
- CPM share
- 56.1% → 54.0%
- BJP share
- 36.0% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- 83.2% → 81.6%