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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 31 · 1987Reserved (SC)

Raiganj

Winner — 1987

KHAGENDRA NATH SINHA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.6%INC 40.5%2 others 6.9%
Votes
51,409
52.6% share
Winning margin
11,907
12.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.4%
of 1,34,890

A clear win with a 12.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHAGENDRA NATH SINHA
Left Front
51,40952.6%
2
BARMAN DIPENDRA
INC
39,50240.5%
3
ANITYA RANJAN RAY
IND
5,0125.1%
4
JOYNANDA DEB SHARMA
BJP
1,7241.8%

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 (224th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.9% · max 53.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
224th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
96th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.6%INC 40.5%IND 5.1%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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