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West Bengal · PC 14 · 1996
Basirhat
Winner — Lok Sabha 1996
AJAY CHAKRABORTY
CPI· United Front
CPI 50.6%INC 41.0%5 others 8.3%
Votes
4,53,126
50.6% share
Winning margin
86,016
9.6% of votes
Total votes cast
8,94,932
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJAY CHAKRABORTY | United Front | 4,53,126 | 50.6% |
| 2 | DILIP MAJUMDER | INC | 3,67,110 | 41.0% |
| 3 | RAMENDRA KUMAR BHATTACHARYA | BJP | 62,620 | 7.0% |
| 4 | DEBAPRASAD BHANJA CHAUDHURI | IND | 4,585 | 0.5% |
| 5 | A K M NASIRUDDIN | INL | 4,530 | 0.5% |
| 6 | ALHAZ ABDUS SALAM |  MULUnited Front | 1,843 | 0.2% |
| 7 | LIAKAT MONDOL | BKUS | 1,118 | 0.1% |
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 (20th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 2.2% · max 20.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
20th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
39th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.6%INC 41.0%BJP 7.0%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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%
Figures are for North Twenty Four Parganas, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.
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?
5 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.