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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 80 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Ranaghat East

Winner — 1991

BINAY KRISHNA BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 46.0%INC 37.2%5 others 16.7%
Votes
58,963
46.0% share
Winning margin
11,249
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
82.4%
of 1,55,431

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BINAY KRISHNA BISWAS
Left Front
58,96346.0%
2
AKHIL KUMAR KAJUMDAR
INC
47,71437.2%
3
MANINDRA BALA
BJP
18,49914.4%
4
DASARATH BISWAS
1,4151.1%
5
RADHA KANTA TOY
JP
9140.7%
6
ARUN CHANDRA BARAI
IND
5160.4%
7
BIPAD BHANJAN BISWAS
IND
950.1%

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 (152nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.7% · max 32.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
152nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
73rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.0%INC 37.2%BJP 14.4%OTH 2.3%

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?

1 location
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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