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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Barasat

Parliamentary constituency 13 (SC) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#13 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors12,73,400
Votes polled10,70,946
Turnout84.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDr Ranjit Kumar PanjaWest Bengal Trinamool Congress4,99,18146.6% of votes
MARGIN66,707 votes · 6.2 pp4,99,181 − 4,32,474
Runner-upChitra Ghosh All India Forward Bloc4,32,47440.4% of votes
WBTC 53.6% of top-two votesAIFB 46.4%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Dr Ranjit Kumar PanjaWBTC4,99,181 46.6%
  2. 02 Chitra GhoshAIFB4,32,474 40.4%
  3. 03 Quazi Abdul GaffarINC1,13,115 10.6%
  4. 04 Manoj HowladerBSP11,202 1.0%
  5. 05 Chapala Bhakta (BHARATI)RMRPP2,503 0.2%
  6. 06 Suprokash MukhopadhyayIND709 0.1%

Turnout 84.1%

025507510084.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 80.9%
Male 6.89 lakh54.1% Female 5.84 lakh45.9%

Share of 12,73,400 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males848
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199880.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 10,59,184Residual 11,762

Seat history 2024–1970

  1. 2024
    12.1 pp
    Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    15.7 pp
    Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    14.9 pp
    Tapas MandalAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2009
    8.9 pp
    Sucharu Ranjan HaldarAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2004
    1.1 pp
    Subrata BoseAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 1999
    9.3 pp
    Dr.Ranjit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool Congress
  7. 1998
    6.2 pp
    Dr Ranjit Kumar PanjaWest Bengal Trinamool Congress
  8. 1996
    3.3 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1991
    5.0 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1989
    6.2 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  11. 1984
    1.8 pp
    Tarun Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    16.4 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  13. 1977
    31.1 pp
    Chitta BasuAll India Forward Bloc
  14. 1970
    5.5 pp
    S.A.AliBangal Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 1,13,115 votes, 1.7× the 66,707-vote margin.

    1,13,115 ÷ 66,707 = 1.7

  2. The top two polled 87.0% of votes; the other 4 candidates 11.9% between them.

    (4,99,181 + 4,32,474) ÷ 10,70,946 = 87.0% · 1,27,529 ÷ 10,70,946 = 11.9%

  3. Turnout of 84.1% was 3.2 pp above the state's median seat (80.9%).

    84.1 − 80.9 = +3.2

  4. The margin widened from 3.3 pp in 1996 to 6.2 pp.

    6.2 − 3.3 = +2.9 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: AIFB in 1996, WBTC in 1998.

    1996 AIFB · 1998 WBTC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines10,59,184
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled10,70,946
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,762

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,762, 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

Candidates6 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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