Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Jhargram

Murmu Rupchand (CPM) won by 2,87,188 votes (35.8%).

Electors
9,71,208
Votes polled
8,21,526
Valid votes
Turnout
84.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 35.8% (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%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
11.8%(+11.0%)
Turnout
83.8%(-8.6%)
NOTA
1.1%
Top-2 squeeze
89.0%

Winning margin over time · Jhargram

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Candidates

Candidates · Jhargram 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Murmu RupchandWinnerCPM4,55,62556.8%
2Samay MandiWBTC1,68,43721.0%
3Naren HansdaJKP(N)1,49,29518.6%
4Matilal HansdaJMM24,8913.1%
5Ramesh SinghIND4,1550.5%

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