ChanditalaAssembly by-election result, 1998
Bhakta Ram Pan (CPM) won Chanditala in the 1998 assembly by-election with 52.7% of the vote, beating Amit Mitra (AITC) by 15,519 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 178 was Pandua. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 178 is Uluberia Dakshin. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 11.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhakta Ram Pan | 72,61052.7% | |
| 2 | Amit Mitra  AITC | AITC | 57,09141.4% |
| 3 | Bikiran Banerjee | 7,9075.7% | |
| 4 | Swapan Das IND | IND | 1610.1% |
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A clear win, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
CPM and AITC took 94% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.21 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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