Elections Archive

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

1967197119771980198419891991199619981999200427%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta South 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Biplab DasguptaWinnerCPM3,63,67450.1%
2Bholanath SenINC3,38,51846.6%
3Jnanendra BanerjeeBJP18,4182.5%
4Banerjee Sankar SomIND2,2130.3%
5Sourendra Nath MitraIND1,4590.2%
6Arun GhoshIND1,0650.1%
7Utpal RoyIND9960.1%

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