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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1996

Tamluk

Parliamentary constituency 30 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#30 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors10,45,585
Votes polled9,38,889
Turnout89.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerJayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress4,50,47348.0% of votes
MARGIN7,910 votes · 0.8 pp4,50,473 − 4,42,563
Runner-upSeth Lakshman Chandra Communist Party of India (Marxist)4,42,56347.1% of votes
INC 50.4% of top-two votesCPI(M) 49.6%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Jayanta BhattacharyaINC4,50,473 48.0%
  2. 02 Seth Lakshman ChandraCPI(M)4,42,563 47.1%
  3. 03 Saswati BagBJP19,475 2.1%
  4. 04 Ashutosh SamantaIND10,330 1.1%
  5. 05 Ananta Kumar DasIND1,029 0.1%
  6. 06 Muktinath BagIND976 0.1%
  7. 07 Shishir Kumar PandaIND669 0.1%

Turnout 89.8%

025507510089.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 84.3%
Male 5.44 lakh52.0% Female 5.01 lakh48.0%

Share of 10,45,585 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males922
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199684.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 9,25,515Residual 13,374

Seat history 2024–1969

  1. 2024
    4.9 pp
    Abhijit GangopadhyayBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    13.1 pp
    Adhikari DibyenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    38.6 pp
    Adhikari Dibyendu (E)All India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2014
    18.4 pp
    Adhikari SuvenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2009
    15.1 pp
    Adhikari SuvenduAll India Trinamool Congress
  6. 2004
    5.6 pp
    Seth Lakshman ChandraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1999
    6.0 pp
    Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1998
    9.3 pp
    Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1996
    0.8 pp
    Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    0.1 pp
    Satyagopal MisraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1989
    3.1 pp
    Satyagopal MistraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1984
    1.8 pp
    Mishra SatyagopalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1980
    22.4 pp
    Misra SatyagopalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1977
    28.1 pp
    Sushil Kumar DharaBharatiya Lok Dal
  15. 1969
    38.6 pp
    V.K.K.MenonBangal Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 19,475 votes, 2.5× the 7,910-vote margin.

    19,475 ÷ 7,910 = 2.5

  2. The top two polled 95.1% of votes; the other 5 candidates 3.5% between them.

    (4,50,473 + 4,42,563) ÷ 9,38,889 = 95.1% · 32,479 ÷ 9,38,889 = 3.5%

  3. Turnout of 89.8% was 5.5 pp above the state's median seat (84.3%).

    89.8 − 84.3 = +5.5

  4. The margin widened from 0.1 pp in 1991 to 0.8 pp.

    0.8 − 0.1 = +0.7 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: CPI(M) in 1991, INC in 1996.

    1991 CPI(M) · 1996 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines9,25,515
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled9,38,889
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 13,374

Candidate votes miss the published total by 13,374, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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