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Asansol #38SC
Won
Bikash Chowdhury
CPIM Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Margin
26,149 3.0 pp
votes
over Ajit Kumar Ghaatak (MOLOY GHAATAK) (WBTC)
The contest
Electors12,42,690
Votes polled8,83,829
Turnout71.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.89 L55.4% of electorate
Female electors5.54 L44.6% of electorate
Sex ratio
805females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bikash Chowdhury | CPIM | 3,55,382 | 40.20% | |
| 2 | Ajit Kumar Ghaatak (MOLOY GHAATAK) | WBTC | 3,29,233 | 37.30% | |
| 3 | Ahluwalia S S | INC | 1,10,618 | 12.50% | |
| 4 | Sohrab Ali | RJD | 43,643 | 4.90% | |
| 5 | Sunil Pal | IND | 9,345 | 1.10% | |
| 6 | Manik Bauri | BSP | 8,386 | 0.90% | |
| 7 | Jyotirmoy Maiti | SJPR | 7,106 | 0.80% | |
| 8 | Ganes Chandra Sarkar | IND | 1,127 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 18,989, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 864,840 · NOTA n/a · published 883,829 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12