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1998 By-elections
West Bengal
8 seats contested
Only the by-polled seats, not the whole assembly. By-elections held in West Bengal during 1998 — 8 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.
Seats won by party
- CPM562.5%
- FBL225.0%
- AITC112.5%
% = share of seats won, not of votes.
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | Baruipur | Sujan Chakraborty |  CPM | 76,054 | 55.2% | 23,292 | — |
| 131 | Jagatdal | Haripada Biswas |  FBL | 53,407 | 41.1% | 9,466 | — |
| 145 | Bow Bazar | Ajit Pandey | CPM | 19,902 | 36.7% | 1,881 | — |
| 149 | Rashbehari Avenue | Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay |  AITC | 31,979 | 53.4% | 13,533 | — |
| 178 | Chanditala | Bhakta Ram Pan | CPM | 72,610 | 52.7% | 15,519 | — |
| 199 | Nandanpur | SK. Dr. Omar Ali | CPM | 53,657 | 50.4% | 1,148 | — |
| 269 | Galsi | Mehbub Mondal | FBL | 72,733 | 61.0% | 51,707 | — |
| 290 | Mayureswar | Bisnu Let | CPM | 60,649 | 57.4% | 15,641 | — |
Election data: ECI