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Lok Sabha 1998 · West Bengal · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- SUDHIR GIRICPM · COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
- Votes
- 394,01747.8% share
- Margin ?
- 74,858over WBTC
- Turnout ?
- 85.8%834,197 of 972,382
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUDHIR GIRI Winner | CPM | 394,017 | 47.80% |
| 2 | AKHIL GIRI | WBTC | 319,159 | 38.72% |
| 3 | ADHIKARY SISIR KUMAR | INC | 110,249 | 13.37% |
| 4 | HRISHIKESH DAS | AMB | 924 | 0.11% |
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2004CPMby 59,190
- 1999AITCby 12,133
- 1998CPMby 74,858
- 1996CPMby 24,042
- 1991CPMby 23,116
- 1989CPMby 27,080
- 1984INCby 13,758
- 1980CPMby 89,774
- 1977BLDby 194,514
- 1971PSPby 70,359
- 1967PSPby 17,169
- 1962INCby 85,408
- 1957PSPby 4,362
- 1952INCby 127
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