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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1987

Bongaon

Winner — 1987

RANJIT MITRA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.3%INC 47.9%3 others 1.8%
Votes
52,061
50.3% share
Winning margin
2,507
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
83.4%
of 1,24,108

A closely fought contest. RANJIT MITRA won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RANJIT MITRA
Left Front
52,06150.3%
2
BHUPEN SETH
INC
49,55447.9%
3
BISWESWAR MANDAL
IND
7590.7%
4
AJIT BISWAS
IND
7550.7%
5
PARAMANANDA HALDAR
IND
3820.4%

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 (172nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 1.2% · max 35.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
172nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
140th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
219th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.3%INC 47.9%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
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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