CALCUTTA NORTH EAST
Constituency no. 22 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 1998
AJIT KUMAR PANJA
WBTC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1998
64,872
9.85% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
CPMPRASANTA CHATTERJEE
- Votes
- 2,45,489
- Vote share
- 37.26%
- Behind by
- 64,872
Electors
9,10,738
Total votes polled
6,58,932
Valid votes
6,58,932
NOTA votes
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Turnout
72.3%
Full result, 1998
11 candidates · 6,58,932 valid votes
AJIT KUMAR PANJAWBTCwon
3,10,361
47.1%
PRASANTA CHATTERJEECPM
2,45,489
37.3%
SADHAN PANDEINC
94,024
14.3%
AJIT DASIND
1,986
0.3%
SHARAD KUMAR SINGHIND
1,725
0.3%
FEROZ AHMEDIND
1,368
0.2%
SWAPAN SARKARIND
1,278
0.2%
BRIJ BHUSHAN SHARMAIND
925
0.1%
ANJALI RAKSHITIND
769
0.1%
TARAPADA HALDERIND
572
0.1%
MD SHAHID IQBALIND
435
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Md. Salim | CPM | 2,84,427 | 50.00% | Ajit Kumar Panja (250, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700 006) | 73,780 |
| 1999 | Ajit Kumar Panja | AITC | 2,97,491 | 45.17% | Md. Salim | 41,574 |
| 1998 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | WBTC | 3,10,361 | 47.10% | PRASANTA CHATTERJEE | 64,872 |
| 1996 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | INC | 3,35,855 | 51.98% | DIPEN GHOSH | 64,985 |
| 1991 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | INC | 2,76,399 | 49.52% | PRATAP CHANDRA | 71,456 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the CALCUTTA NORTH EAST constituency in 2004?
Md. Salim (CPM) won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST in 2004, by a margin of 73,780 votes.
Which party has won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST the most times?
INC, with 4 of the 11 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has CALCUTTA NORTH EAST gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1967 to 2004.
Who has won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST the most times?
AJIT KUMAR PANJA, with 5 wins between 1984 and 1998.
