Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Asansol

Bikash Chowdhury (CPM) won by 26,149 votes (3.0%).

Electors
12,42,690
Votes polled
8,83,829
Valid votes
Turnout
71.1%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 3.0% (median 7.6%). Back to West Bengal · 1998 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
4.6%(-11.5%)
Turnout
73.5%(+3.6%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
89.6%

Winning margin over time · Asansol

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Candidates

Candidates · Asansol 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bikash ChowdhuryWinnerCPM3,55,38241.1%
2Ajit Kumar Ghaatak (moloy Ghaatak)WBTC3,29,23338.1%
3Ahluwalia S SINC1,10,61812.8%
4Sohrab AliRJD43,6435.0%
5Sunil PalIND9,3451.1%
6Manik BauriBSP8,3861.0%
7Jyotirmoy MaitiSJP(R)7,1060.8%
8Ganes Chandra SarkarIND1,1270.1%

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