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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 291 · 1977

Rampurhat

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Winner — 1977

SHANSHAKA SEKHAR MONDAL
FBL
FBL 33.5%JNP 17.6%8 others 48.9%
Votes
13,798
33.5% share
Winning margin
6,525
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
51.2%
of 80,537

Rampurhat is a safe seat — SHANSHAKA SEKHAR MONDAL won by 15.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANSHAKA SEKHAR MONDAL
FBL
13,79833.5%
2
TAPAS KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY
JNP
Janata
7,27317.6%
3
ABDUL KASEM KHAN
IND
5,96714.5%
4
ANANDA GOPAL ROY
INC
INC
5,60613.6%
5
SATYANARAYAN SAHA
IND
3,9839.7%
6
SAYED SHAH NAWAJ
IND
1,7304.2%
7
ANUP KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
1,0962.7%
8
SITANATH MAL
IND
8532.1%
9
BIMAL KUMAR DAS
IND
5531.3%
10
SUSHIL KUMAR CHATTOPADHYA
IND
3570.9%

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.

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Average turnout (78th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 3.9% · max 15.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
78th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
17th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 33.5%JNP 17.6%IND 14.5%INC 13.6%IND 9.7%OTH 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Nakshi KanthaGI🏷️Santiniketan Leather goodsGI

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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