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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 94 · 1972

Basanti

Winner — 1972

PANCHANAN SINHA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.8%RSP 44.7%1 others 4.5%
Votes
26,873
50.8% share
Winning margin
3,223
6.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
57.9%
of 91,384

A clear win with a 6.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PANCHANAN SINHA
Congress (R)
26,87350.8%
2
ASHOKE CHAUDHURI
23,65044.7%
3
JNANENDRA PRASAD BARMAN
MUL
2,3594.5%

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
6.1%
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 50.8%RSP 44.7%OTH 4.5%

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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