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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 94 · 1967

Basanti

Winner — 1967

S.KHATUN
INC· INC
INC 38.5%IND 35.9%4 others 25.5%
Votes
21,325
38.5% share
Winning margin
1,446
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.1%
of 83,650

A closely fought contest. S.KHATUN won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.KHATUN
INC
21,32538.5%
2
S.SARKAR
IND
19,87935.9%
3
S.L.DAS
IND
7,03612.7%
4
B.RAHAMAN
BAC
4,7468.6%
5
L.K.SINHA
IND
1,8423.3%
6
P.MONDAL
IND
4970.9%

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.

Low turnout (264th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.5% · min 0.1% · max 24.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
264th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
269th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
288th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.5%IND 35.9%IND 12.7%BAC 8.6%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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