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Contai #31GEN
Won
Sudhir Giri
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
74,858 9.0 pp
votes
over Akhil Giri (WBTC)
The contest
Electors9,72,382
Votes polled8,34,197
Turnout85.8%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.94 L50.8% of electorate
Female electors4.79 L49.2% of electorate
Sex ratio
970females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,848, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 824,349 · NOTA n/a · published 834,197 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12