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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 76 · 1996
Krishnagar West
Winner — 1996
SUNIL KUMAR GHOSH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.6%INC 34.3%6 others 15.1%
Votes
58,386
50.6% share
Winning margin
18,733
16.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
84.5%
of 1,36,737
Krishnagar West is a safe seat — SUNIL KUMAR GHOSH won by 16.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNIL KUMAR GHOSH | Left Front | 58,386 | 50.6% |
| 2 | BISWARUP MUKHERJEE | INC | 39,653 | 34.3% |
| 3 | GADADHAR GHOSH | BJP | 11,644 | 10.1% |
| 4 | SUBIMAL SENGUPTA | CPI(ML)(L) | 3,217 | 2.8% |
| 5 | REKHA ROY | 1,351 | 1.2% | |
| 6 | BENODE BEHARI SIKDAR | 627 | 0.5% | |
| 7 | ABUL QUASEM | IND | 539 | 0.5% |
| 8 | AMARENDRA MAJUMDER | IND | 73 | 0.1% |
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 (34th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 4.1% · max 43.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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34th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.91
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
232nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.6%INC 34.3%BJP 10.1%OTH 5.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.