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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 101 · 1982Reserved (SC)

Basanti

Winner — 1982

SUBHAS NASKAR
RSP· Left Front
RSP 59.6%INC 39.1%1 others 1.3%
Votes
48,615
59.6% share
Winning margin
16,775
20.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
78.3%
of 1,04,184

Basanti is a safe seat — SUBHAS NASKAR won by 20.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBHAS NASKAR
Left Front
48,61559.6%
2
BIPINBEHARI SARDAR
INC
31,84039.0%
3
SUJIT MANDAL
1,0731.3%

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 (66th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 2.6% · max 39.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
66th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
234th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 59.6%INC 39.0%OTH 1.3%

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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