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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 81 · 1996
Ranaghat West
Winner — 1996
SANKAR SINGHA
INC· INC
INC 48.1%CPM 45.4%5 others 6.6%
Votes
74,360
48.1% share
Winning margin
4,122
2.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
86.8%
of 1,78,181
A closely fought contest. SANKAR SINGHA won with a 2.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANKAR SINGHA | INC | 74,360 | 48.1% |
| 2 | NAG SOURENDRA NATH | Left Front | 70,238 | 45.4% |
| 3 | CHATTOPADHYAY DILIP | BJP | 7,954 | 5.1% |
| 4 | SUNIL BISWAS | IND | 1,271 | 0.8% |
| 5 | AMAL KRISHNA ROY | 580 | 0.4% | |
| 6 | SWAPAN GHOSH | IND | 199 | 0.1% |
| 7 | ABANI BHUSAN MITRA | IND | 134 | 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.
Average turnout (153rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.1% · max 44.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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153rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.46
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104th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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86th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.1%CPM 45.4%BJP 5.1%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
3 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.