Election
Constituency

543. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 51.4%won by 26.5%INC 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.7% to 26.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 81.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
10,29,870
Turnout
70.3%
Valid votes
7,24,061
Margin
1,91,612
26.46%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1Ram Chandra DomeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,72,29451.4%
  2. 2Gopal Chandra DasIndian National Congress · INC1,80,68225.0%
  3. 3Arjun SahaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,40,19619.4%
  4. 4Braja Mohon DasIndependent · IND14,7622.0%
  5. 5Chinta SarkarJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS9,5941.3%
  6. 6Kartik Chandra DasBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,5330.9%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−7.7%
CPM share
51.6% → 51.4%
INC share
17.5% → 25.0%
Turnout
69.3% → 70.3%
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