Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Dum Dum

Tapan Sikdar (BJP) won by 1,37,405 votes (11.0%).

Electors
15,59,854
Votes polled
12,62,384
Valid votes
Turnout
80.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 11.0% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
5.7%(+1.2%)
Turnout
74.1%(+3.3%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
79.0%

Winning margin over time · Dum Dum

197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202427%

Candidates

Candidates · Dum Dum 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tapan SikdarWinnerBJP6,31,38350.7%
2Nirmal Kanti ChatterjeeCPM4,93,97839.7%
3Pradyut GuhaINC1,11,0788.9%
4Jaihind RamBSP3,5240.3%
5Aloke DasIND2,9510.2%
6Gobinda DeyIND1,1640.1%
7Milonkanti ChoudhuriRPI7630.1%
8Prabir GhosalIND3550.0%
9Tarun SrivastavaIND2850.0%

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