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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 140 · 1996
Cossipur
Winner — 1996
BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK
INC· INC
INC 46.2%CPM 45.6%14 others 8.2%
Votes
33,799
46.2% share
Winning margin
462
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
71.2%
of 1,02,767
Cossipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 462 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | INC | 33,799 | 46.2% |
| 2 | ANUP DAS | Left Front | 33,337 | 45.6% |
| 3 | PRABHAKAR TEWARI | BJP | 4,743 | 6.5% |
| 4 | ANUPAM DAS | IND | 322 | 0.4% |
| 5 | PRAYAG BHAGAT | IND | 205 | 0.3% |
| 6 | RANJIT KUMAR BAUDH | IND | 130 | 0.2% |
| 7 | CHANDRAMOHAN GUPTA | IND | 106 | 0.1% |
| 8 | JOYANTA SINHA | IND | 105 | 0.1% |
| 9 | UPEN CHANDRA PAUL | IND | 81 | 0.1% |
| 10 | BHAGYADHAR BAG | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
| 11 | ABHIJIT CHOUDHURY | IND | 63 | 0.1% |
| 12 | PRANAB BAGCHI | IND | 49 | 0.1% |
| 13 | GANGADHAR PANDA | IND | 30 | 0.0% |
| 14 | SUBRATA BANERJEE | IND | 26 | 0.0% |
| 15 | TAPATI DAS | IND | 26 | 0.0% |
| 16 | PARIMAL KUNDU | IND | 25 | 0.0% |
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 (69th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
69th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
247th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.2%CPM 45.6%BJP 6.5%OTH 1.7%
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?
12 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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