Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta North East

Ajit Kumar Panja (INC) won by 64,985 votes (10.1%).

Electors
9,07,284
Votes polled
6,60,413
Valid votes
Turnout
72.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 10.1% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
13.0%(+6.7%)
Turnout
70.6%(-0.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
87.0%

Winning margin over time · Calcutta North East

19521967197119771980198419891991199619981999200437%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta North East 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ajit Kumar PanjaWinnerINC3,35,85552.0%
2Dipen GhoshCPM2,70,87041.9%
3Subhas MaitraBJP33,2465.1%
4Tapan Kumar SarkarIND2,0940.3%
5Hari Narayan RayIND9980.2%
6Tiwari Salil KumarAIIC(T)6160.1%
7Udai Pratap SinghIND6110.1%
8Subhas DharIND5410.1%
9Radheshyam YadavIND4290.1%
10Jayanta BhowmickIND2920.0%
11Agarwal MohanlalIND2780.0%
12Achinta JanaIND2350.0%

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