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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1982
Ashokenagar
Winner — 1982
NANI KAR
CPM· Left Front
CPM 59.1%IND 31.0%3 others 10.0%
Votes
46,893
59.0% share
Winning margin
22,304
28.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
78.5%
of 1,01,198
Ashokenagar is a safe seat — NANI KAR won by 28.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NANI KAR | Left Front | 46,893 | 59.0% |
| 2 | KESHAB CHANDRA BHATTACHARYA | IND | 24,589 | 31.0% |
| 3 | KRISHNA CHATTERJEE | ICS | 6,277 | 7.9% |
| 4 | KSHUDIRAM MONDAL | IND | 1,130 | 1.4% |
| 5 | DIPAK ROY | IND | 522 | 0.7% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
Low turnout (237th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe28.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 1.1% · max 33.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
237th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
281st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
277th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 59.0%IND 31.0%ICS 7.9%OTH 2.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.