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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 242 · 1996Reserved (ST)
Kashipur
Winner — 1996
RABINDRANATH HEMBRAM
CPM· Left Front
CPM 56.9%INC 29.6%3 others 13.4%
Votes
54,487
56.9% share
Winning margin
26,114
27.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
75.0%
of 1,27,706
Kashipur is a safe seat — RABINDRANATH HEMBRAM won by 27.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RABINDRANATH HEMBRAM | Left Front | 54,487 | 56.9% |
| 2 | PATAR SUBHAS CHANDRA | INC | 28,373 | 29.6% |
| 3 | DEVASWARAN HANSDA | 7,633 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | RAMASWAR MAJHI | BJP | 3,744 | 3.9% |
| 5 | BHUDEB HEMBRAM | IND | 1,478 | 1.5% |
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.
Low turnout (238th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe27.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 2.7% · max 37.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
238th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
131st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.9%INC 29.6%JMM 8.0%OTH 5.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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