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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1991

Cooch Behar North

Winner — 1991

BIMAL KANTI BASU
FBL
FBL 47.3%INC 37.4%4 others 15.3%
Votes
52,425
47.3% share
Winning margin
11,023
9.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
79.1%
of 1,40,093

A clear win with a 9.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIMAL KANTI BASU
FBL
52,42547.3%
2
MIHIR GOSWAMI
INC
41,40237.4%
3
RAMDHAN RAY CHOUDHURI
BJP
15,58814.1%
4
BISWANATH BISWAS
7030.6%
5
SANTOSH MODAK
AMB
3840.3%
6
KHANDAKER NAZMA
IND
3210.3%

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.

High turnout (54th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.5% · max 46.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
54th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 47.3%INC 37.4%BJP 14.1%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%

What's nearby?

4 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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