Elections Archive

SC · West Bengal

Durgapur

Sunil Khan (CPM) won by 1,81,713 votes (20.4%).

Electors
11,39,493
Votes polled
9,17,970
Valid votes
Turnout
80.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 20.4% (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.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
32.7%(+19.2%)
Turnout
73.4%(+0.4%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
86.5%

Winning margin over time · Durgapur

19771980198419891991199619981999200437%

Candidates

Candidates · Durgapur 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sunil KhanWinnerCPM4,96,25055.7%
2Chittaranjan PramanikINC3,14,53735.3%
3Byomsankar RuidasBJP73,5998.3%
4Paresh Nath DhibarAMB4,3900.5%
5Bhaktadas MondalIND2,4660.3%

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