GEN · West Bengal
Calcutta South
Biplab Dasgupta (CPM) won by 25,156 votes (3.5%).
- Electors
- 10,13,580
- Votes polled
- 7,40,076
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 73.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 3.5% (median 12.7%). Back to West Bengal · 1989 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
- 12.7%(-13.8%)
- Turnout
- 70.3%(+3.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.1%
Winning margin over time · Calcutta South
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biplab DasguptaWinner | CPM | 3,63,674 | 50.1% |
| 2 | Bholanath Sen | INC | 3,38,518 | 46.6% |
| 3 | Jnanendra Banerjee | BJP | 18,418 | 2.5% |
| 4 | Banerjee Sankar Som | IND | 2,213 | 0.3% |
| 5 | Sourendra Nath Mitra | IND | 1,459 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Arun Ghosh | IND | 1,065 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Utpal Roy | IND | 996 | 0.1% |
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