Election
Constituency

531. Tamluk

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-TAMLUK

CPM 50.0%won by 6.0%AITC 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 6.0%.

  • New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 82.8%.

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

Electorate
10,98,196
Turnout
82.8%
Valid votes
9,09,682
Margin
54,826
6.03%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,55,16850.0%
  2. 2Nirmalendu BhattacharjeeAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC4,00,34244.0%
  3. 3Manik BhowmikIndian National Congress · INC44,6224.9%
  4. 4Srikesh PramanikIndependent · IND7,6230.8%
  5. 5Buddhadeb JanaIndependent · IND1,1050.1%
  6. 6Bhakti AdhikariIndependent · IND8220.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–AITC swing
−45.2%
CPM share
51.2% → 50.0%
AITC share
0.0% → 44.0%
Turnout
85.6% → 82.8%
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