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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 131 · 19512 seats · 1 SC
Ranaghat
Winner — 1951
BIJOY KRISHNA SARKAR
Also elected — same seat
KESHAB CHANDRA MITRA
INC· 20,957 votes
INC 30.7%INC 25.3%7 others 43.9%
Votes
25,422
30.8% share
Winning margin
13,671
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
39.1%
of 1,05,583
Ranaghat is a safe seat — BIJOY KRISHNA SARKAR won by 16.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIJOY KRISHNA SARKAR | 25,422 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | KESHAB CHANDRA MITRA | 20,957 | 25.4% | |
| 3 | ASHIM MAZUMDER | 11,751 | 14.2% | |
| 4 | MANINDRA NATH DAS | IND | 5,956 | 7.2% |
| 5 | MAKHAN LAL GHOSE | 5,877 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | RASIK LAL BISWAS | 4,662 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | BHOLANATH GANGULI | IND | 4,141 | 5.0% |
| 8 | KALYAN KUMAR MITRA | IND | 2,425 | 2.9% |
| 9 | BENODE BEHARI CHAKRAVARTY | IND | 1,484 | 1.8% |
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.
High turnout (57th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.1% · max 46.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
57th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
170th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
244th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.8%INC 25.4%SP 14.2%IND 7.2%HMS 7.1%BJS 5.6%OTH 9.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
37 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.