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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Malda

Winner — 1996

PHANI BHUSAN ROY
INC· INC
INC 44.7%CPM 40.0%3 others 15.4%
Votes
62,040
44.7% share
Winning margin
6,539
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
84.1%
of 1,65,051

A closely fought contest. PHANI BHUSAN ROY won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PHANI BHUSAN ROY
INC
62,04044.7%
2
SUBHENDU CHOWDHURY
Left Front
55,50140.0%
3
DHIRENDRA CHOUDHURY
BJP
20,00514.4%
4
DINESH SARKAR
IND
1,1850.8%
5
JANAPRIYA SAHA
IND
1310.1%

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.

High turnout (59th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.3% · max 33.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
59th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
287th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%CPM 40.0%BJP 14.4%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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