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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 256 · 1977Reserved (SC)
Sonamukhi
Winner — 1977
SUKHENDU KHAN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.8%JNP 22.1%3 others 25.2%
Votes
26,288
52.8% share
Winning margin
15,285
30.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.3%
of 78,761
Sonamukhi is a safe seat — SUKHENDU KHAN won by 30.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUKHENDU KHAN | Left Front | 26,288 | 52.8% |
| 2 | KANAI SAHA | Janata | 11,003 | 22.1% |
| 3 | GURUPADA KHAN | INC | 9,678 | 19.4% |
| 4 | ABINASH CHANDRA ROY | IND | 2,619 | 5.3% |
| 5 | ABANI KUMAR SAHA | IND | 247 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (121st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 0.8% · max 35.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
121st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
164th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
161st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.8%JNP 22.1%INC 19.4%IND 5.3%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
10 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.