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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 75 · 1996

Krishnagar East

Winner — 1996

SIBDAS MUKHERJEE
INC· INC
INC 46.1%CPM 44.0%9 others 9.9%
Votes
62,066
46.1% share
Winning margin
2,885
2.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
80.3%
of 1,67,509

A closely fought contest. SIBDAS MUKHERJEE won with a 2.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SIBDAS MUKHERJEE
INC
62,06646.1%
2
RADHANATH BISWAS
Left Front
59,18144.0%
3
MONIKA BISWAS
BJP
8,6456.4%
4
CHITTA RANJAN BHOWMICK
1,6551.2%
5
KAMAL DUTTA
IND
7700.6%
6
SAMIR BANERJEE
CPI(ML)(L)
5840.4%
7
DEBDAS HALDER
AMB
4510.3%
8
BROJEN GHOSH
AIIC(T)
4320.3%
9
SUBRATA KUMAR BISWAS
IND
2930.2%
10
AMULYA CHAKRABORTY
IND
2670.2%
11
MADHU SUDAN RAY
SLAP
1690.1%

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 (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 46.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
37th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
260th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.1%CPM 44.0%BJP 6.4%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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