Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Birbhum

Dome Ram Chandra (CPM) won by 1,61,512 votes (20.8%).

Electors
10,28,114
Votes polled
7,89,909
Valid votes
Turnout
76.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 20.8% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
13.1%(+6.9%)
Turnout
82.3%(-9.0%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
81.8%

Winning margin over time · Birbhum

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Candidates

Candidates · Birbhum 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dome Ram ChandraWinnerCPM3,80,31449.1%
2Dr Madan Lal ChoudhuryBJP2,18,80228.2%
3Asit Kr MalINC1,64,55521.2%
4Braja Mohan DasIND5,6320.7%
5Nani Gopal DasIND4,1460.5%
6Sadhan SahaIND1,6720.2%

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