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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1982
Sabang
Winner — 1982
MANAS BHUNIA
INC· INC
INC 46.9%IND 46.0%3 others 7.1%
Votes
34,815
46.9% share
Winning margin
630
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
86.6%
of 85,737
Sabang was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 630 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANAS BHUNIA | INC | 34,815 | 46.9% |
| 2 | HEMANTA KUMAR JANA | IND | 34,185 | 46.0% |
| 3 | GOURANGA SAMANTA | IND | 2,803 | 3.8% |
| 4 | SURYYA KANTA MAHAPATRA | 1,518 | 2.0% | |
| 5 | LAL MOHAN BASKEY | IND | 943 | 1.3% |
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 (183rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.7% · max 24.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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183rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
275th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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202nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.9%IND 46.0%OTH 7.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.