JagatdalAssembly by-election result, 1998
Haripada Biswas (FBL) won Jagatdal in the 1998 assembly by-election with 41.1% of the vote, beating Somnath Talukdar (AITC) by 9,466 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 131 was Jora Sanko. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 131 is Kakdwip. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 7.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haripada Biswas  FBL | FBL | 53,40741.1% |
| 2 | Somnath Talukdar  AITC | AITC | 43,94133.9% |
| 3 | Provakar Tewari | 19,98115.4% | |
| 4 | Kedar Singh | 11,7399.0% | |
| 5 | Narendra Pratap Mishra | 4300.3% | |
| 6 | Samir Chandra Das IND | IND | 3130.2% |
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A clear win, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 90% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.17 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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