Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Tamluk

Lakshman Chandra Seth (CPM) won by 87,952 votes (9.4%).

Electors
10,88,343
Votes polled
9,42,965
Valid votes
Turnout
86.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 9.4% (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
5.0%(-8.3%)
Turnout
85.2%(+6.6%)
NOTA
0.5%
Top-2 squeeze
92.6%

Winning margin over time · Tamluk

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Candidates

Candidates · Tamluk 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lakshman Chandra SethWinnerCPM4,77,51651.2%
2Nirmalendu BhattacherjeeWBTC3,89,56441.8%
3Jayanta BhattacharyaINC56,5386.1%
4Asutosh SamantaIND7,5420.8%
5Ananta Kumar PaulAJBP8370.1%

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