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West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1998

Results board · 10 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
10
Constituencies
Majority
6
Seats needed of 10
Electors
12.00L
Summed over 8 of 10 seats
Votes polled
8.51L
Summed over 8 of 10 seats
Median turnout
74.6%
Median of 10 seats
CPI(M) short
−1
Below majority · 5 − 6

[01]Seat matrix

10 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 10 seats: CPI(M) 5, AIFB 3, WBTC 2. Majority line at 6 seats. Hemicycle of 10 seats: CPI(M) 5, AIFB 3, WBTC 2. Majority line at 6 seats.
Majority · 6 of 10CPI(M) 5 · 1 short of majority
CPI(M) 550.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
AIFB 330.0% All India Forward Bloc
WBTC 220.0% West Bengal Trinamool Congress

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for West Bengal 1998.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Nandanpur was decided by 1,148 votes, the closest of 8 seats; Galsi had the widest margin, 51,707.

    min / max of margin over 8 seats with a recorded margin

  2. Turnout ran from 48.4% in Bowbazar to 82.4% in Jagatdal; the median seat polled 74.6%.

    min / median / max over 10 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

10 of 10 seats carry a turnout
025507510074.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 220.0% of seats
50–60 110.0% of seats
60–70 110.0% of seats
70–80 330.0% of seats
≥ 80% 330.0% of seats
  • LowestBowbazar48.4%
  • HighestJagatdal82.4%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

10 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1998, all 10 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
104 Baruipur Sujan Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,37,730 23,292 16.9 72.4
106 JagatdalGENERAL Haripada Biswas All India Forward Bloc not recorded not recorded not recorded 82.4
131 Jagadal Haripada Biswas All India Forward Bloc 1,29,811 9,466 7.3 79.1
145 Bowbazar Ajit Pandey Communist Party of India (Marxist) 54,191 1,881 3.5 48.4
149 Rashbehariavenue Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay West Bengal Trinamool Congress 59,841 13,533 22.6 49.9
149 Rashbehari AvenueGENERAL Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay West Bengal Trinamool Congress not recorded not recorded not recorded 50.5
178 Chanditala Bhakta Ram Pan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,37,769 15,519 11.3 69.3
199 NandanpurCLOSEST Sk. Dr. Omar Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,06,478 1,148 1.1 82.2
269 GalsiWIDEST Mehbub Mondal All India Forward Bloc 1,19,333 51,707 43.3 81.0
290 MayuneswarSC Bisnu Let Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,05,657 15,641 14.8 76.8
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 51,707 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · West Bengal · 10 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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