Howrah
Lok Sabha 1998 · West Bengal · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- DR BIKRAM SARKARWBTC · WEST BENGAL TRINAMOOL CONGRESS
- Votes
- 437,22443.2% share
- Margin ?
- 6,535over CPM
- Turnout ?
- 75.2%1,027,782 of 1,367,313
- 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 | DR BIKRAM SARKAR Winner | WBTC | 437,224 | 43.18% |
| 2 | SWADESH CHAKRABORTY | CPM | 430,689 | 42.54% |
| 3 | AMBICA BANERJEE | INC | 134,787 | 13.31% |
| 4 | PROF DR SUSHEN MONDAL | IND | 1,794 | 0.18% |
| 5 | RANJIT CHATTERJEE | IND | 1,339 | 0.13% |
| 6 | MD SHAFI ALAM | IND | 1,263 | 0.12% |
| 7 | ALOKE BARMAN | IND | 1,178 | 0.12% |
| 8 | MUHAMMAD YAKUB | IND | 1,152 | 0.11% |
| 9 | AMAR NATH OJHA | IND | 1,123 | 0.11% |
| 10 | SHRIKANT UPADHYAY | IND | 699 | 0.07% |
| 11 | ALOKE BANERJEE | IND | 514 | 0.05% |
| 12 | BIMAN CHANDRA ROY | IND | 447 | 0.04% |
| 13 | NANDALAL SHOW | IND | 293 | 0.03% |
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2024AITCby 169,442
- 2019AITCby 103,695
- 2014AITCby 196,956
- 2009AITCby 37,392
- 2004CPMby 246,937
- 1999CPMby 103,449
- 1998WBTCby 6,535
- 1996INCby 33,931
- 1991CPMby 7,380
- 1989CPMby 1,432
- 1984INCby 94,042
- 1980CPMby 58,309
- 1977CPMby 104,731
- 1971CPMby 25,042
- 1967INCby 42,294
- 1962CPIby 3,936
- 1957CPIby 40,835
- 1952INCby 1,766
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