Winner, Votes & Party Details
West Bengal Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Howrah Lok Sabha constituency election result 1998: Dr Bikram Sarkar of WBTC won with 437,224 votes, defeating Swadesh Chakraborty of CPM, who received 430,689 votes. Total votes polled were 1,012,502. Full results and vote share details are given below.
WBTC
437,224
43.18%
CPM
430,689
42.54%
INC
134,787
13.31%
IND
1,794
0.18%
IND
1,339
0.13%
IND
1,263
0.12%
IND
1,178
0.12%
IND
1,152
0.11%
IND
1,123
0.11%
IND
699
0.07%
IND
514
0.05%
IND
447
0.04%
IND
293
0.03%