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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 235 · 1996Reserved (ST)
Balrampur
Winner — 1996
BHANDU MAJHI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 64.0%INC 20.7%3 others 15.3%
Votes
61,405
64.0% share
Winning margin
41,529
43.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
76.8%
of 1,25,090
Balrampur is a safe seat — BHANDU MAJHI won by 43.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHANDU MAJHI | Left Front | 61,405 | 64.0% |
| 2 | DULALI MANDI | INC | 19,876 | 20.7% |
| 3 | BINOD SING SARDAR | IND | 11,065 | 11.5% |
| 4 | BIBHUTI SOREN | BJP | 3,329 | 3.5% |
| 5 | AMIR SING LAYA | IND | 340 | 0.3% |
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 (112th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe43.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 27.3% · min 3.5% · max 54.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
112th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
235th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
195th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 64.0%INC 20.7%IND 11.5%OTH 3.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
11 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.