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Elections 98

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Serampore
Total Votes Polled: 998406
Winner: WBTC Akbor Ali Khandoker 439269
Runner Up: CPM Sudarsan Ray Chaudhury 394658
Margin: 44611 (10%)


Elections 96

State: West Bengal
Constituency: Serampore
Total Votes Polled: 990773
Winner: INC Pradip Bhattacharya 449205
Runner Up: CPM Sudarsan Roy Chaudhuri 443742
Margin: 5463 (0.56%)


Sudarsan Roy Chaudhuri won this seat for the CPI-M in 1989 and 1991, but in 1996 his luck changed. He was defeated by the Congress's Pradip Bhattacharya by just 6,000 votes. The BJP's Debebrata Chowdhary, who came third, took away 60,122 votes. This was only the fourth time that the Congress has won this seat.

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