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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1991
Ashokenagar
Winner — 1991
NANI KAR
CPM· Left Front
CPM 43.3%INC 39.3%5 others 17.4%
Votes
50,629
43.3% share
Winning margin
4,665
4.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
80.4%
of 1,45,455
A closely fought contest. NANI KAR won with a 4.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NANI KAR | Left Front | 50,629 | 43.3% |
| 2 | KESHAB BHATTACHARJEE | INC | 45,964 | 39.3% |
| 3 | BASUDEB CHANDA | BJP | 16,703 | 14.3% |
| 4 | BONOY SOM | 2,191 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | KSHUDIRAM MONDAL | IND | 776 | 0.7% |
| 6 | GOPAL BISWAS | IND | 546 | 0.5% |
| 7 | HIRANMOY MUKHERJEE | IND | 173 | 0.1% |
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
safe4.0%
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%
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277th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.3%INC 39.3%BJP 14.3%OTH 3.1%
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
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.