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Won
Swadesh Chakrabortty
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
2,46,937 27.2 pp
votes
over Dr. Bikram Sarkar (AITC)
The contest
Electors12,40,427
Votes polled9,09,246
Turnout73.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.87 L55.4% of electorate
Female electors5.54 L44.6% of electorate
Sex ratio
807females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swadesh Chakrabortty | CPIM | 4,89,444 | 53.80% | |
| 2 | Dr. Bikram Sarkar | AITC | 2,42,507 | 26.70% | |
| 3 | Sultan Singh | INC | 1,52,100 | 16.70% | |
| 4 | Mantu Das | IND | 5,788 | 0.60% | |
| 5 | Anup Dey | JDS | 4,013 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Prasadi Ram | IND | 2,927 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal | BSP | 2,864 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Monoranjan Polley | IND | 2,445 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Bimal Mondal | IND | 2,313 | 0.30% | |
| 10 | Aloke Ghosh | IND | 2,013 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Panchu Gopal Bagani | IND | 1,771 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | Goutam Mondal | IND | 1,521 | 0.20% | |
| 13 | Gautam Saha | IND | 1,263 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Gopal Chandra Modi | IND | 663 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is -2,386, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 911,632 · NOTA n/a · published 909,246 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2004
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- 2026-09-12