West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results 1998

Explore the complete constituency-wise results of the 1998 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. This page lists every parliamentary constituency in the state with the winning candidate, their party affiliation, total votes polled, voter turnout percentage, and victory margin.

India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. Click on any constituency name below to view the full candidate-wise breakdown, vote shares, and detailed analysis.

42
Constituencies
46846524
Total Electors
37134095
Votes Polled
79.3%
Avg Turnout
Seat Share

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Sno. Constituency Type State Winning Candidate Party Electors Votes Turnout Margin Margin% Year
1 489-Cooch Behar SC West Bengal Amar Roypradhan All India Forward Bloc 1097193 916783 83.60% 123166 13.40% 1998
2 490-Alipurduars ST West Bengal Joachim Baxla Revolutionary Socialist Party 1023567 827362 80.80% 195599 23.60% 1998
3 491-Jalpaiguri GEN West Bengal Minati Sen Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1085257 887722 81.80% 174975 19.70% 1998
4 492-Darjeeling GEN West Bengal Ananda Pathak Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1238587 641281 51.80% 122556 19.10% 1998
5 493-Raiganj GEN West Bengal Subrata Mukherjee Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1126310 898301 79.80% 6281 0.70% 1998
6 494-Balurghat SC West Bengal Ranen Barman Revolutionary Socialist Party 1088350 892146 82.00% 172175 19.30% 1998
7 497-Jangipur GEN West Bengal Abul Hasnat Khan Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1071189 840406 78.50% 72501 8.60% 1998
8 498-Baharampur GEN West Bengal Promothes Mukherjee Revolutionary Socialist Party 1190096 881091 74.00% 123369 14.00% 1998
9 499-Murshidabad GEN West Bengal Moinul Hassan Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1154100 939684 81.40% 190466 20.30% 1998
10 500-Krishnanagar GEN West Bengal Ajoy Mukhopadhyay Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1068080 897928 84.10% 40672 4.50% 1998
11 503-Barrackpur GEN West Bengal Tarit Baran Topdar Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1025177 846373 82.60% 27957 3.30% 1998
12 504-Dum Dum GEN West Bengal Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party 1559854 1262384 80.90% 137405 10.90% 1998
13 505-Barasat GEN West Bengal Dr Ranjit Kumar Panja West Bengal Trinamool Congress 1273400 1070946 84.10% 66707 6.20% 1998
14 506-Basirhat GEN West Bengal Ajay Chakraborty Communist Party Of India 1053262 882985 83.80% 120076 13.60% 1998
15 507-Jaynagar SC West Bengal Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 1100779 858356 78.00% 176061 20.50% 1998
16 508-Mathurapur SC West Bengal Radhika Ranjan Pramanik Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1061625 860017 81.00% 101876 11.80% 1998
17 509-Diamond Harbour GEN West Bengal Samik Lahiri Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1122823 896052 79.80% 60956 6.80% 1998
18 510-Jadavpur GEN West Bengal Krishna Bose West Bengal Trinamool Congress 1379055 1067448 77.40% 78201 7.30% 1998
19 511-Kolkata Dakshin GEN West Bengal Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Trinamool Congress 1178748 877430 74.40% 224081 25.50% 1998
20 513-Howrah GEN West Bengal Dr Bikram Sarkar West Bengal Trinamool Congress 1367313 1027782 75.20% 6535 0.60% 1998
21 514-Uluberia GEN West Bengal Hannan Mollah Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1083621 862695 79.60% 113530 13.20% 1998
22 515-Srerampur GEN West Bengal Akbor Ali Khandoker West Bengal Trinamool Congress 1308205 998052 76.30% 44611 4.50% 1998
23 516-Hooghly GEN West Bengal Rupchand Pal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1137353 943670 83.00% 6116 0.60% 1998
24 517-Arambagh GEN West Bengal Anil Basu Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1116151 940359 84.30% 187300 19.90% 1998
25 518-Tamluk GEN West Bengal Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1088343 942965 86.60% 87952 9.30% 1998
26 519-Kanthi GEN West Bengal Sudhir Giri Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 972382 834197 85.80% 74858 9.00% 1998
27 521-Jhargram ST West Bengal Murmu Rupchand Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 971208 821526 84.60% 287188 35.00% 1998
28 522-Medinipur GEN West Bengal Indrajit Gupta Communist Party Of India 1081863 874531 80.80% 275519 31.50% 1998
29 523-Purulia GEN West Bengal Bir Singh Mahat0 All India Forward Bloc 994968 747609 75.10% 157137 21.00% 1998
30 524-Bankura GEN West Bengal Acharia Basudeb Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1028834 766640 74.50% 111583 14.60% 1998
31 525-Bishnupur SC West Bengal Sandhya Bauri Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1064074 862530 81.10% 173241 20.10% 1998
32 528-Asansol GEN West Bengal Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1242690 883829 71.10% 26149 3.00% 1998
33 529-Bolpur GEN West Bengal Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1022735 803382 78.60% 251092 31.30% 1998
34 530-Birbhum SC West Bengal Dome Ram Chandra Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1028114 789909 76.80% 161512 20.40% 1998
35 624-Burdwan GEN West Bengal Sar Nikhilananda Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1190380 997277 83.80% 272253 27.30% 1998
36 625-Calcutta North East GEN West Bengal Ajit Kumar Panja West Bengal Trinamool Congress 910738 668942 73.50% 64872 9.70% 1998
37 626-Calcutta North West GEN West Bengal Sudip Bandyopadhyay West Bengal Trinamool Congress 695698 469378 67.50% 73483 15.70% 1998
38 627-Durgapur SC West Bengal Khan Sunil Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1191697 921897 77.40% 142029 15.40% 1998
39 628-Katwa GEN West Bengal Zahedi Mahboob Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1156542 965238 83.50% 138707 14.40% 1998
40 629-Malda GEN West Bengal Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhury Indian National Congress 1030986 846069 82.10% 49082 5.80% 1998
41 630-Nabadwip SC West Bengal Asim Bala Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 1298438 1089650 83.90% 41154 3.80% 1998
42 631-Panskura GEN West Bengal Geeta Mukherjee Communist Party Of India 966739 831273 86.00% 179543 21.60% 1998

Understanding West Bengal 1998 Lok Sabha Results

The 1998 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal covered 42 parliamentary constituencies. The average voter turnout across the state was 79.3%, reflecting the level of democratic participation among registered electors.

Each constituency in the table above uses India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system, where the candidate receiving the highest number of votes wins the seat regardless of whether they secure an absolute majority. The margin column shows how closely contested each seat was — narrower margins indicate more competitive races.

How to read this data: Click any constituency name to see the full candidate list with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and visual comparisons. The Type column indicates whether a constituency is General (GEN), Scheduled Caste (SC), or Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved.

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