Bow BazarAssembly by-election result, 1998
Ajit Pandey (CPM) won Bow Bazar in the 1998 assembly by-election with 36.7% of the vote, beating Nayna Bandyopadhyay (AITC) by 1,881 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 145 was Sealdah. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 145 is Satgachia. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A closely fought contest. Ajit Pandey won with a 3.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajit Pandey | 19,90236.7% | |
| 2 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay  AITC | AITC | 18,02133.3% |
| 3 | Abdur Rauf Ansari | 15,71129.0% | |
| 4 | Prof. Syed Haider Hasan Kazimi | 3290.6% | |
| 5 | Ajit Kumar Das IND | IND | 890.2% |
| 6 | Sujan Mukherjee IND | IND | 500.1% |
| 7 | Bablu Singh IND | IND | 450.1% |
| 8 | Aloke Chatterjee IND | IND | 280.1% |
| 9 | Ramen Pandey IND | IND | 160.0% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, 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 99% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.03 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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