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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 141 · 1996
Shyampukur
Winner — 1996
SANTI RANJAN GANGULY
FBL
FBL 48.1%INC 43.9%7 others 8.0%
Votes
30,759
48.0% share
Winning margin
2,635
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
72.4%
of 88,419
A closely fought contest. SANTI RANJAN GANGULY won with a 4.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANTI RANJAN GANGULY |  FBL | 30,759 | 48.0% |
| 2 | SAMIR CHAKRABORTY | INC | 28,124 | 43.9% |
| 3 | GURUPRASAD BISWAS | BJP | 4,088 | 6.4% |
| 4 | ASHOKE DUTTA | IND | 458 | 0.7% |
| 5 | MIHIR CHATTERJEE | IND | 194 | 0.3% |
| 6 | CHANDAN GHOSAL | IND | 167 | 0.3% |
| 7 | SAILENDU RAKSHIT | IND | 89 | 0.1% |
| 8 | ASHA OJHA | AIIC(T) | 77 | 0.1% |
| 9 | SOMNATH BANERJEE | IND | 54 | 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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.6% · max 28.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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62nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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279th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 48.0%INC 43.9%BJP 6.4%OTH 1.6%
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?
6 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.