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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 208 · 1996
Bhagabanpur
Winner — 1996
KHANRA AJIT
INC· INC
INC 48.0%CPM 47.7%3 others 4.3%
Votes
51,556
48.0% share
Winning margin
293
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
89.1%
of 1,20,580
Bhagabanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 293 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KHANRA AJIT | INC | 51,556 | 48.0% |
| 2 | PRADHAN PRASANTA KUMAR | Left Front | 51,263 | 47.7% |
| 3 | AMAL ROY | BJP | 3,317 | 3.1% |
| 4 | DAS NARAYAN CHANDRA | IND | 763 | 0.7% |
| 5 | NANI GOPAL BERA | IND | 521 | 0.5% |
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 (154th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 24.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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154th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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285th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.0%CPM 47.7%OTH 4.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
What's nearby?
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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.