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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 188 · 1957

Ranaghat

Winner — 1957

BENOY KUMAR CHATTERJEE
INC· INC
INC 41.6%PSP 32.3%4 others 26.1%
Votes
12,309
41.6% share
Winning margin
2,751
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.9%
of 48,611

A clear win with a 9.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BENOY KUMAR CHATTERJEE
12,30941.6%
2
ASHIM KUMAR MAZUMDER
9,55832.3%
3
BIMAL KUMAR CHATTERJEE
IND
3,47611.8%
4
SAMBHU NAT BISWAS
1,9366.5%
5
SUBADH KISHORE BOSE
IND
1,4805.0%
6
MIHIR LAL CHATTOPADHYA
IND
8242.8%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (162nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 4.6% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
162nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
100th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.6%PSP 32.3%IND 11.8%BJS 6.5%IND 5.0%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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