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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 216 · 2017 by-elections
Kanthi Dakshin
Winner — 2017 by-elections
Chandrima Bhattacharya
AITC
AITC 56.3%BJP 31.2%3 others 12.5%
Votes
95,369
56.3% share
Winning margin
42,526
25.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Kanthi Dakshin is a safe seat — Chandrima Bhattacharya won by 25.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandrima Bhattacharya |  AITC | 95,369 | 56.3% |
| 2 | Sourindra Mohan Jana | 52,843 | 31.2% | |
| 3 | Uttam Pradhan | 17,423 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Naba Kumar Nanda | 2,270 | 1.3% | |
| 5 | Shrabani Pahari | 1,476 | 0.9% |
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 (183rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean25.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.7% · max 24.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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183rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.11
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275th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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202nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 56.3%BJP 31.2%CPI 10.3%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.