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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 111 · 2006

Bishnupur West

Winner — 2006

RATHIN SARKAR
CPM· Left Front
CPM 44.7%AITC 41.5%5 others 13.8%
Votes
60,913
44.7% share
Winning margin
4,260
3.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
81.7%
of 1,67,000

A closely fought contest. RATHIN SARKAR won with a 3.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RATHIN SARKAR
Left Front
60,91344.7%
2
MADAN MITRA
AITC
56,65341.5%
3
GAZI MAMTAZUDDIN
INC
14,92510.9%
4
DILIP PAL
CPI(ML)
1,6251.2%
5
SUJIT KUMAR MONDAL
IND
1,4731.1%
6
NIRUPAM BANERJEE
IND
6620.5%
7
PANCHANAN DHALI
1040.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (223rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.8% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
223rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
204th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 44.7%AITC 41.5%INC 10.9%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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