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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 51 · 2016

Englishbazar

Winner — 2016

NIHAR RANJAN GHOSH
IND
IND 51.7%AITC 32.6%6 others 15.7%
Votes
1,07,183
51.7% share
Winning margin
39,727
19.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
84.0%
of 2,46,790

Englishbazar is a safe seat — NIHAR RANJAN GHOSH won by 19.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIHAR RANJAN GHOSH
IND
1,07,18351.7%
2
KRISHNENDU NARAYAN CHOUDHURY
AITC
67,45632.5%
3
SUMAN BANERJEE
BJP
23,17111.2%
NOTA
NOTA
4,3362.1%
5
NIHAR GHOSH
IND
2,2931.1%
6
NITISH KUMAR MANDAL
1,3930.7%
7
SHYAM SUNDAR SHARMA
8780.4%
8
SADHAN CHATTERJEE
HKRD
5280.3%

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 (142nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 1.3% · max 47.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
142nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
286th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
139th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 51.7%AITC 32.5%BJP 11.2%OTH 2.5%NOTA 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

37 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Gauḍa

Gauḍa

Heritage SiteWikidata
Baisgazi Wall

Baisgazi Wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Baisgazi Wall

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Baisgazi Wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Baisgazi Wall

Baisgazi Wall

Baisgazi Wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Baisgazi Wall

🏛️

Baisgazi Wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Baisgazi Wall

Baraduari Masjid or the Great Golden Mosque

Baraduari Masjid or the Great Golden Mosque

🏛️MonumentASI

Baraduari Masjid or the Great Golden Mosque

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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