Elections 98

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Jhargram (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	821526
Winner: CPM	Murmu Rupchand	455625
Runner Up: WBTC	Samay Mandi	168437
Margin: 287188 (63%)

Elections 96

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Jhargram (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	827962
Winner: CPM	Rupchand Murmu	485498
Runner Up: INC	Subodh Hansda	138234
Margin: 347264 (43.12%)

After Durga Banerjee won this seat for the Jan Sangh in 1952, the Congress moved in. The CPI-M won this seat for the first time 1977, and has held on after that. In 1996 sitting MP Rupchand Murmu defeated the Congress's Subodh Hansda by 347,000 votes.