Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Howrah

Swadesh Chakraborty (CPM) won by 1,03,449 votes (10.5%).

Electors
13,81,960
Votes polled
9,95,422
Valid votes
Turnout
72.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1999 national median: 10.5% (median 7.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1999 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
13.4%(+4.9%)
Turnout
71.9%(+3.8%)
NOTA
0.8%
Top-2 squeeze
85.9%

Winning margin over time · Howrah

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Candidates

Candidates · Howrah 1999
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Swadesh ChakrabortyWinnerCPM4,90,53750.0%
2Dr. Kakoli Ghosh DastidarAITC3,87,08839.4%
3Dr.subhash Chandra BandyopadhyayINC90,5929.2%
4Astogopal MondalIND3,2140.3%
5Bijay Kumar SinghSP2,9520.3%
6Ram Bilas PrasadBSP1,6050.2%
7Ashok Kumar AgarwalRJD9080.1%
8Bechan Lal ChaudhuryIND8690.1%
9Shyam Bihari SinghJD(S)8240.1%
10Bijay SinghIND7290.1%
11Debendra Kumar SonkarIND4680.0%
12Asoke RoyIND4380.0%
13Ranjit ChatterjeeIND2710.0%
14Samar MondalIND2000.0%
15Prasanta Kumar MahatoIND1960.0%
16Rajendra PrasadNCP1950.0%
17Shekh Alauddin RajIND1930.0%
18Sushil BaganiIND1200.0%

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