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West Bengal · PC 14 · 2015 by-electionReserved (SC)
Bangaon
Winner — 2015 by-election
Mamta Thakur
All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 43.7%CPM 26.5%9 others 29.8%
Votes
5,39,999
43.7% share
Winning margin
2,11,785
17.1% of votes
Total votes cast
12,36,222
Candidates
11
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamta Thakur |  AITC | 5,39,999 | 43.7% |
| 2 | Debesh Das | 3,28,214 | 26.6% | |
| 3 | Subrata Thakur | 3,14,126 | 25.4% | |
| 4 | Kuntal Mondal | 29,149 | 2.4% | |
| 5 | Pranita Mandal | IND | 8,598 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Guru Chand Das | GCMM | 3,991 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Subrata Kumar Biswas | IND | 3,536 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Tarak Chandra Sarkar | IND | 3,248 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Tarapada Biswas | AB | 2,301 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Kishor Biswas | IND | 1,986 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Ram Mohan Sarkar | BMP | 1,074 | 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
lean17.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 2.2% · max 20.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
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20th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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39th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 43.7%CPM 26.6%BJP 25.4%OTH 4.4%
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
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.