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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Darjeeling

Parliamentary constituency 4 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#4 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8Candidate lines
Electors12,38,587
Votes polled6,41,281
Turnout51.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAnanda PathakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2,80,58943.8% of votes
MARGIN1,22,556 votes · 19.1 pp2,80,589 − 1,58,033
Runner-upPrasanta Nandy Indian National Congress1,58,03324.6% of votes
CPI(M) 64.0% of top-two votesINC 36.0%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Ananda PathakCPI(M)2,80,589 43.8%
  2. 02 Prasanta NandyINC1,58,033 24.6%
  3. 03 Dawa NurbulaWBTC1,14,688 17.9%
  4. 04 R B RaiIND51,681 8.1%
  5. 05 Paresh RayIND12,609 2.0%
  6. 06 Surjit RasailyBSP3,727 0.6%
  7. 07 L B PariyarIND3,048 0.5%
  8. 08 Matiur RahmanIND2,594 0.4%

Turnout 51.8%

025507510051.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 80.9%
Male 6.49 lakh52.4% Female 5.90 lakh47.6%

Share of 12,38,587 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males909
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199880.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 6,26,969Residual 14,312

Seat history 2024–1972

  1. 2024
    13.4 pp
    Raju BistaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    32.6 pp
    Raju BistaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    17.3 pp
    S.S.AhluwaliaBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    26.2 pp
    Jaswant SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    11.4 pp
    Dawa NarbulaIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    19.0 pp
    S.P. LepchaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1998
    19.1 pp
    Ananda PathakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1996
    9.1 pp
    R B RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1991
    6.7 pp
    Inder JeetIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    18.4 pp
    InderjeetGorkha National Liberation Front
  11. 1984
    0.2 pp
    Ananda Prasad PathakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1980
    4.3 pp
    Ananda PathakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1977
    6.8 pp
    Krishna Bahadur ChettriIndian National Congress
  14. 1972
    89.7 pp
    M.RayIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 89.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 68.4% of votes; the other 6 candidates 29.4% between them.

    (2,80,589 + 1,58,033) ÷ 6,41,281 = 68.4% · 1,88,347 ÷ 6,41,281 = 29.4%

  2. Turnout of 51.8% was 29.1 pp below the state's median seat (80.9%).

    51.8 − 80.9 = −29.1

  3. The margin widened from 9.1 pp in 1996 to 19.1 pp.

    19.1 − 9.1 = +10.0 pp

  4. CPI(M) held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 CPI(M) · 1998 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines6,26,969
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,41,281
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 14,312

Candidate votes miss the published total by 14,312, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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