Results/Lok Sabha/West Bengal/Malda/1998 Results/Lok Sabha
ECI results
Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Malda

Parliamentary constituency 7 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#7 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,30,986
Votes polled8,46,069
Turnout82.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAbul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress3,53,11741.7% of votes
MARGIN49,082 votes · 5.8 pp3,53,117 − 3,04,035
Runner-upJiban Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)3,04,03535.9% of votes
INC 53.7% of top-two votesCPI(M) 46.3%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryINC3,53,117 41.7%
  2. 02 Jiban MaitraCPI(M)3,04,035 35.9%
  3. 03 Muzaffar KhanBJP1,69,260 20.0%
  4. 04 Mahendra Nath HasdaBSP4,224 0.5%
  5. 05 Mazizur RahamanIND919 0.1%
  6. 06 Akbar HossainIND914 0.1%

Turnout 82.1%

025507510082.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 80.9%
Male 5.24 lakh50.8% Female 5.07 lakh49.2%

Share of 10,30,986 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males968
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 199880.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 8,32,469Residual 13,600

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    5.5 pp
    Khagen MurmuBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    6.2 pp
    Khagen MurmuBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    5.6 pp
    Mausam NoorIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    6.5 pp
    Mausam NoorIndian National Congress
  5. 2006
    9.7 pp
    Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (E)Indian National Congress
  6. 2004
    13.2 pp
    A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  7. 1999
    3.0 pp
    Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  8. 1998
    5.8 pp
    Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  9. 1996
    10.3 pp
    Abul Barkat Ataul G K ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    0.3 pp
    Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudharyIndian National Congress
  11. 1989
    4.1 pp
    Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    7.8 pp
    Abu Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    2.5 pp
    Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChawdhuryIndian National Congress
  14. 1977
    8.1 pp
    Dinesh Chandra JoardarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 1,69,260 votes, 3.4× the 49,082-vote margin.

    1,69,260 ÷ 49,082 = 3.4

  2. The top two polled 77.7% of votes; the other 4 candidates 20.7% between them.

    (3,53,117 + 3,04,035) ÷ 8,46,069 = 77.7% · 1,75,317 ÷ 8,46,069 = 20.7%

  3. Turnout of 82.1% was 1.2 pp above the state's median seat (80.9%).

    82.1 − 80.9 = +1.2

  4. The margin narrowed from 10.3 pp in 1996 to 5.8 pp.

    5.8 − 10.3 = −4.5 pp

  5. INC held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 INC · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines8,32,469
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,46,069
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 13,600

Candidate votes miss the published total by 13,600, 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

Candidates6 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

An unhandled error has occurred. Reload