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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 147 · 2016
Sonarpur Dakshin
Winner — 2016
JIBAN MUKHOPADHYAY
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 47.8%CPI 40.4%7 others 11.8%
Votes
97,455
47.8% share
Winning margin
15,029
7.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
82.5%
of 2,47,193
A clear win with a 7.4% margin.
Seat history
0 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.60 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JIBAN MUKHOPADHYAY |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 97,455 | 47.8% |
| 2 | TARIT CHAKRABORTY | UPA | 82,426 | 40.4% |
| 3 | MANORANJAN JODDAR | BJP | 15,735 | 7.7% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,023 | 1.5% |
| 5 | ASHITAVRA MONDAL | 1,649 | 0.8% | |
| 6 | SAMBHU MONDAL | IND | 1,091 | 0.5% |
| 7 | MINATI MITRA | 1,063 | 0.5% | |
| 8 | JALADHAR NASKAR | IND | 810 | 0.4% |
| 9 | MEGHNATH HALDER | MPOI | 632 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe7.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.5% · max 56.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
131st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
147th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
114th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 47.8%CPI 40.4%BJP 7.7%OTH 2.6%NOTA 1.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
0/8
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.60 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
4 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.