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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 213 · 2006

Egra

Winner — 2006

ADHIKARI SISIR KUMAR
AITC· TMC-led Alliance (2006 Mahajot) (NDA)
AITC 48.0%DSP(P) 46.9%3 others 5.1%
Votes
67,786
48.0% share
Winning margin
1,590
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
89.8%
of 1,57,317

Egra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,590 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ADHIKARI SISIR KUMAR
AITC
TMC-led Alliance (2006 Mahajot) (NDA)
67,78648.0%
2
SINHA PRABODH CHANDRA
DSP(P)
66,19646.9%
3
SAMSUL ALAM KHAN
INC
2,9642.1%
4
JAGADISH SAU
IND
2,9212.1%
5
RATAN SHEET
STPI
1,3340.9%

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 (116th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.1% · max 52.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
116th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
261st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
213th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 48.0%DSP(P) 46.9%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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