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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Tamluk

Parliamentary constituency 30 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#30 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5Candidate lines
Electors10,88,343
Votes polled9,42,965
Turnout86.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerLakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)4,77,51650.6% of votes
MARGIN87,952 votes · 9.3 pp4,77,516 − 3,89,564
Runner-upNirmalendu Bhattacherjee West Bengal Trinamool Congress3,89,56441.3% of votes
CPI(M) 55.1% of top-two votesWBTC 44.9%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Lakshman Chandra SethCPI(M)4,77,516 50.6%
  2. 02 Nirmalendu BhattacherjeeWBTC3,89,564 41.3%
  3. 03 Jayanta BhattacharyaINC56,538 6.0%
  4. 04 Asutosh SamantaIND7,542 0.8%
  5. 05 Ananta Kumar PaulABP837 0.1%

Turnout 86.6%

025507510086.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 80.9%
Male 5.56 lakh51.1% Female 5.32 lakh48.9%

Share of 10,88,343 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males957
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199880.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 9,31,997Residual 10,968

Seat history 2024–1969

  1. 2024
    4.9 pp
    Abhijit GangopadhyayBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    13.1 pp
    Adhikari DibyenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    38.6 pp
    Adhikari Dibyendu (E)All India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2014
    18.4 pp
    Adhikari SuvenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2009
    15.1 pp
    Adhikari SuvenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  6. 2004
    5.6 pp
    Seth Lakshman ChandraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1999
    6.0 pp
    Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1998
    9.3 pp
    Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1996
    0.8 pp
    Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    0.1 pp
    Satyagopal MisraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1989
    3.1 pp
    Satyagopal MistraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1984
    1.8 pp
    Mishra SatyagopalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1980
    22.4 pp
    Misra SatyagopalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1977
    28.1 pp
    Sushil Kumar DharaBharatiya Lok Dal
  15. 1969
    38.6 pp
    V.K.K.MenonBangal Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 92.0% of votes; the other 3 candidates 6.9% between them.

    (4,77,516 + 3,89,564) ÷ 9,42,965 = 92.0% · 64,917 ÷ 9,42,965 = 6.9%

  2. Turnout of 86.6% was 5.7 pp above the state's median seat (80.9%).

    86.6 − 80.9 = +5.7

  3. The margin widened from 0.8 pp in 1996 to 9.3 pp.

    9.3 − 0.8 = +8.5 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: INC in 1996, CPI(M) in 1998.

    1996 INC · 1998 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines9,31,997
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled9,42,965
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 10,968

Candidate votes miss the published total by 10,968, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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