Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Tamluk

Jayanta Bhattacharya (INC) won by 7,910 votes (0.9%).

Electors
10,45,585
Votes polled
9,38,889
Valid votes
Turnout
89.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 0.9% (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.

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
5.0%(-8.3%)
Turnout
85.2%(+6.6%)
NOTA
0.5%
Top-2 squeeze
92.6%

Winning margin over time · Tamluk

1952196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202437%

Candidates

Candidates · Tamluk 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jayanta BhattacharyaWinnerINC4,50,47348.7%
2Seth Lakshman ChandraCPM4,42,56347.8%
3Saswati BagBJP19,4752.1%
4Ashutosh SamantaIND10,3301.1%
5Ananta Kumar DasIND1,0290.1%
6Muktinath BagIND9760.1%
7Shishir Kumar PandaIND6690.1%

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