State · 199842 of 543 seats
West Bengal
West Bengal elects 42 . COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) won 24 of 42 seats.
79Out of every 100 voters here, 79 voted. India: 62.
The numbers
Turnout
79.27%
+17.3 pts vs India
Electors
4.68crore
in 42 constituencies
Women MPs
5
of 21 women candidates
Candidates
272
21 women · NOTA 0.0%
Who won the 42 seats
one tile per constituency, grouped by party
Votes vs seats
pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats
Share of votesShare of seats
CPI(M)35% → 57%
WBTC24% → 17%
RSP4% → 10%
CPI4% → 7%
FBL3% → 5%
INC15% → 2%
BJP10% → 2%
Vote share
bars: % of valid votes · right: seats
Notable contests
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Constituencies
42 · tap one for the full result
Amar Roypradhan · FBL3,96,14043.8%Gobinda Roy · FB(S)2,72,97430.2%Third · WBTC2,18,09324.1%
Turnout 83.6%Electors 10,97,193Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Joachim Baxla · RSP4,15,00651.5%Dhirendra Narjinarai · BJP2,19,40727.2%Third · INC1,62,16820.1%
Turnout 80.8%Electors 10,23,567Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Minati Sen · CPI(M)4,26,67249.1%Kalyan Chakraborty · WBTC2,51,69729.0%Third · INC1,65,84519.1%
Turnout 81.8%Electors 10,85,257Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ananda Pathak · CPI(M)2,80,58944.8%Prasanta Nandy · INC1,58,03325.2%Third · WBTC1,14,68818.3%
Turnout 51.8%Electors 12,38,587Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Subrata Mukherjee · CPI(M)3,50,89739.8%Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi · INC3,44,61639.0%Third · BJP1,60,23918.2%
Turnout 79.8%Electors 11,26,310Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ranen Barman · RSP4,28,71048.9%Nani Gopal Roy · WBTC2,56,53529.3%Third · INC1,82,84620.9%
Turnout 82.0%Electors 10,88,350Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhury · INC3,53,11742.4%Jiban Maitra · CPI(M)3,04,03536.5%Third · BJP1,69,26020.3%
Turnout 82.1%Electors 10,30,986Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Abul Hasnat Khan · CPI(M)3,96,76147.9%Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury · INC3,24,26039.2%Third · WBTC99,02812.0%
Turnout 78.5%Electors 10,71,189Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Moinul Hassan · CPI(M)4,63,40150.0%Anarul Hossain Khan · INC2,72,93529.4%Third · WBTC1,49,06116.1%
Turnout 81.4%Electors 11,54,100Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Promothes Mukherjee · RSP3,85,97944.5%Colonel (Retd) Sabyasachi Bagchi · BJP2,62,61030.3%Third · INC1,88,98521.8%
Turnout 74.0%Electors 11,90,096Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajoy Mukhopadhyay · CPI(M)3,72,49042.0%Satyabrata Mookherjee · BJP3,31,81837.4%Third · INC1,56,80017.7%
Turnout 84.1%Electors 10,68,080Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Asim Bala · CPI(M)4,63,81343.0%Dr Ramendranath Biswas · WBTC4,22,65939.2%Third · INC1,76,48516.4%
Turnout 83.9%Electors 12,98,438Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dr Ranjit Kumar Panja · WBTC4,99,18147.1%Chitra Ghosh · FBL4,32,47440.8%Third · INC1,13,11510.7%
Turnout 84.1%Electors 12,73,400Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajay Chakraborty · CPI4,25,44248.9%Dr Sudipto Roy · WBTC3,05,36635.1%Third · INC1,31,88715.1%
Turnout 83.8%Electors 10,53,262Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sanat Kumar Mandal · RSP4,06,74548.5%Krishnapada Majumdar · BJP2,30,68427.5%Third · INC1,07,11912.8%
Turnout 78.0%Electors 11,00,779Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Radhika Ranjan Pramanik · CPI(M)3,93,63546.5%Jagaranjan Haldar · WBTC2,91,75934.5%Third · INC1,39,32616.5%
Turnout 81.0%Electors 10,61,625Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Samik Lahiri · CPI(M)4,05,04846.0%Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar · WBTC3,44,09239.0%Third · INC1,24,33514.1%
Turnout 79.8%Electors 11,22,823Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Krishna Bose · WBTC5,14,33848.9%Malini Bhattacharya · CPI(M)4,36,13741.5%Third · INC91,4078.7%
Turnout 77.4%Electors 13,79,055Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tarit Baran Topdar · CPI(M)3,83,05446.0%Adhikary Tarun · WBTC3,55,09742.6%Third · INC82,7419.9%
Turnout 82.6%Electors 10,25,177Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tapan Sikdar · BJP6,31,38350.7%Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee · CPI(M)4,93,97839.7%Third · INC1,11,0788.9%
Turnout 80.9%Electors 15,59,854Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sudip Bandyopadhyay · WBTC2,26,83249.1%Sarala Maheswari · CPI(M)1,53,34933.2%Third · INC75,04716.2%
Turnout 67.5%Electors 6,95,698Candidates 14NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajit Kumar Panja · WBTC3,10,36147.1%Prasanta Chatterjee · CPI(M)2,45,48937.3%Third · INC94,02414.3%
Turnout 73.5%Electors 9,10,738Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Mamata Banerjee · WBTC5,03,55159.4%Prasanta Sur · CPI(M)2,79,47033.0%Third · INC56,7256.7%
Turnout 74.4%Electors 11,78,748Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dr Bikram Sarkar · WBTC4,37,22443.2%Swadesh Chakraborty · CPI(M)4,30,68942.5%Third · INC1,34,78713.3%
Turnout 75.2%Electors 13,67,313Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Hannan Mollah · CPI(M)4,04,00047.5%Saradindu Biswas · WBTC2,90,47034.2%Third · INC1,45,08117.1%
Turnout 79.6%Electors 10,83,621Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Akbor Ali Khandoker · WBTC4,39,26944.7%Sudarsan Ray Chaudhuri · CPI(M)3,94,65840.1%Third · INC1,43,99914.7%
Turnout 76.3%Electors 13,08,205Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rupchand Pal · CPI(M)4,31,22946.3%Tapan Dasgupta · WBTC4,25,11345.6%Third · INC76,1208.2%
Turnout 83.0%Electors 11,37,353Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Anil Basu · CPI(M)5,21,50756.1%Chunilal Chakraborty · BJP3,34,20736.0%Third · INC73,1057.9%
Turnout 84.3%Electors 11,16,151Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Geeta Mukherjee · CPI4,50,09254.9%Dr Saumen Mahapatra · WBTC2,70,54933.0%Third · INC99,43912.1%
Turnout 86.0%Electors 9,66,739Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Lakshman Chandra Seth · CPI(M)4,77,51651.2%Nirmalendu Bhattacherjee · WBTC3,89,56441.8%Third · INC56,5386.1%
Turnout 86.6%Electors 10,88,343Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sudhir Giri · CPI(M)3,94,01747.8%Akhil Giri · WBTC3,19,15938.7%Third · INC1,10,24913.4%
Turnout 85.8%Electors 9,72,382Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Indrajit Gupta · CPI4,52,67152.8%Dutta Manoranjan · BJP1,77,15220.6%Third · WBTC1,31,35215.3%
Turnout 80.8%Electors 10,81,863Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Murmu Rupchand · CPI(M)4,55,62556.8%Samay Mandi · WBTC1,68,43721.0%Third · JKP(N)1,49,29518.6%
Turnout 84.6%Electors 9,71,208Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bir Singh Mahat0 · FBL3,76,31351.3%Nepal Mahata · INC2,19,17629.9%Third · BJP97,99613.3%
Turnout 75.1%Electors 9,94,968Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Acharia Basudeb · CPI(M)3,69,69549.4%Sukumar Banerjee · BJP2,58,11234.5%Third · INC74,1459.9%
Turnout 74.5%Electors 10,28,834Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sandhya Bauri · CPI(M)4,79,72756.8%Purnima Lohar · WBTC3,06,48636.3%Third · JKP(N)31,7233.8%
Turnout 81.1%Electors 10,64,074Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Khan Sunil · CPI(M)4,68,44951.8%Ray Suryya · BJP3,26,42036.1%Third · INC1,09,25312.1%
Turnout 77.4%Electors 11,91,697Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bikash Chowdhury · CPI(M)3,55,38241.1%Ajit Kumar Ghaatak (Moloy Ghaatak) · WBTC3,29,23338.1%Third · INC1,10,61812.8%
Turnout 71.1%Electors 12,42,690Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sar Nikhilananda · CPI(M)5,78,82558.9%Prof (Smt) Santi Roy · BJP3,06,57231.2%Third · INC94,9979.7%
Turnout 83.8%Electors 11,90,380Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Zahedi Mahboob · CPI(M)4,70,54349.5%Swapan Debnath · WBTC3,31,83634.9%Third · INC1,35,67214.3%
Turnout 83.5%Electors 11,56,542Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Somnath Chatterjee · CPI(M)4,70,64559.5%Gour Hari Chandra · WBTC2,19,55327.8%Third · INC1,00,09112.7%
Turnout 78.5%Electors 10,22,735Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dome Ram Chandra · CPI(M)3,80,31449.1%Dr Madan Lal Choudhury · BJP2,18,80228.2%Third · INC1,64,55521.2%
Turnout 76.8%Electors 10,28,114Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
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About this data
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1998 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.
Constituencies of today's Telangana (16), Jharkhand (14), Chhattisgarh (11), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.
Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.