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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 130 · 1996
Bhatpara
Winner — 1996
BIDYUT GANGULI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.6%INC 35.6%6 others 14.8%
Votes
48,232
49.6% share
Winning margin
13,640
14.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
70.0%
of 1,38,963
A clear win with a 14.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIDYUT GANGULI | Left Front | 48,232 | 49.6% |
| 2 | DHARMPAL GUPTA | INC | 34,592 | 35.6% |
| 3 | UMA SANKAR SINGH | BJP | 11,711 | 12.1% |
| 4 | SEFALI SARKAR | 1,770 | 1.8% | |
| 5 | ATWARI DAS | IND | 447 | 0.5% |
| 6 | RUPAI KEWAT | IND | 208 | 0.2% |
| 7 | ARJUN CHOWHAN | IND | 136 | 0.1% |
| 8 | KRISHNA SHAW | IND | 127 | 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.
Average turnout (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe14.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 0.8% · max 60.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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72nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
189th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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272nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.6%INC 35.6%BJP 12.1%OTH 2.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
26 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.