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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Sandeshkhali

Winner — 1977

KUMUD RANJAN BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 60.6%INC 20.7%5 others 18.6%
Votes
32,907
60.6% share
Winning margin
21,647
39.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
59.1%
of 91,917

Sandeshkhali is a safe seat — KUMUD RANJAN BISWAS won by 39.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KUMUD RANJAN BISWAS
Left Front
32,90760.6%
2
RAMAJIT KUMAR DAS
INC
11,26020.7%
3
ANANTA KUMAR BAIDYA
Janata
8,49915.7%
4
CHANDRA KANTA SARKAR
IND
7711.4%
5
BINBHUTI BHUSAN MONDAL
IND
4440.8%
6
ABHIMANYA DAS
IND
2850.5%
7
SUNIL KUMAR NAYAK
IND
1230.2%

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 (91st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.8% · max 39.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
91st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.85
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
220th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.85EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 60.6%INC 20.7%JNP 15.7%OTH 3.0%

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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