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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 32 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Kaliaganj

Winner — 1991

RAMANI KANTA DEB SARMA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 38.9%INC 38.3%6 others 22.7%
Votes
41,476
38.9% share
Winning margin
645
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
87.2%
of 1,22,183

Kaliaganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 645 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMANI KANTA DEB SARMA
Left Front
41,47638.9%
2
PRAMATHA NATH ROY
INC
40,83138.3%
3
SATYENDRA NATH OROY
BJP
21,12219.8%
4
BINANDA BARMAN
IND
1,4981.4%
5
BIMAL DEB SARMA
JP
6330.6%
6
DHARANINDHAR SARKAR
AMB
4440.4%
7
GOPAL SARKER
IND
2800.3%
8
SUSHIL BARMAN
CPI(ML)
2520.2%

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 (101st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 0.6% · max 42.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
101st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
130th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 38.9%INC 38.3%BJP 19.8%OTH 2.9%

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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