Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Malda

Dinesh Chandra Joardar (CPM) won by 29,708 votes (8.3%).

Electors
5,50,001
Votes polled
3,68,914
Valid votes
Turnout
67.1%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 8.3% (median 24.7%). Back to West Bengal · 1977 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
13.1%(+10.1%)
Turnout
77.5%(-0.7%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
84.2%

Winning margin over time · Malda

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200429%

Candidates

Candidates · Malda 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinesh Chandra JoardarWinnerCPM1,88,10352.4%
2Pranab MukherjeeINC1,58,39544.1%
3Ganour HarijanIND8,8092.5%
4Sarkar Suresh ChandraIND2,6490.7%
5Krishna Kripal SatiarIND1,0090.3%

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