Howrah (WB-24): 1999 vs 2004 — Billion Ballots

1999

Swadesh Chakraborty

CPMLeft Front

Margin1,03,44910.5%

Winner votes4,90,53750.0%

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CPMAITCINCINDSP

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	Swadesh Chakraborty CPM	4,90,537	50.0%
2	Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar AITC	3,87,088	39.4%
3	Dr.Subhash Chandra Bandyopadhyay INC	90,592	9.2%
4	Astogopal Mondal IND	3,214	0.3%
5	Bijay Kumar Singh SP	2,952	0.3%
6	Ram Bilas Prasad BSP	1,605	0.2%
7	Ashok Kumar Agarwal RJD	908	0.1%
8	Bechan Lal Chaudhury IND	869	0.1%
9	Shyam Bihari Singh JD(S)	824	0.1%
10	Bijay Singh IND	729	0.1%
11	Debendra Kumar Sonkar IND	468	0.1%
12	Asoke Roy IND	438	0.0%
13	Ranjit Chatterjee IND	271	0.0%
14	Samar Mondal IND	200	0.0%
15	Prasanta Kumar Mahato IND	196	0.0%
16	Rajendra Prasad NCP	195	0.0%
17	Shekh Alauddin Raj IND	193	0.0%
18	Sushil Bagani IND	120	0.0%

Turnout71.0%Votes cast9,81,399Electors13,81,960

2004

Swadesh Chakrabortty

CPMLeft Front

Margin2,46,93727.1%

Winner votes4,89,44453.7%

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CPMAITCINCINDJD(S)

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	Swadesh Chakrabortty CPM	4,89,444	53.7%
2	Dr. Bikram Sarkar AITC	2,42,507	26.6%
3	Sultan Singh INC	1,52,100	16.7%
4	Mantu Das IND	5,788	0.6%
5	Anup Dey JD(S)	4,013	0.4%
6	Prasadi Ram IND	2,927	0.3%
7	Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal BSP	2,864	0.3%
8	Monoranjan Polley IND	2,445	0.3%
9	Bimal Mondal IND	2,313	0.3%
10	Aloke Ghosh IND	2,013	0.2%
11	Panchu Gopal Bagani IND	1,771	0.2%
12	Goutam Mondal IND	1,521	0.2%
13	Gautam Saha IND	1,263	0.1%
14	Gopal Chandra Modi IND	663	0.1%

Turnout73.5%Votes cast9,11,632Electors12,40,427