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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 101 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Basanti

Winner — 1996

SUBHAS NASKAR
RSP· Left Front
RSP 51.2%INC 44.2%3 others 4.6%
Votes
69,834
51.2% share
Winning margin
9,462
6.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
80.6%
of 1,69,358

A clear win with a 6.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBHAS NASKAR
Left Front
69,83451.2%
2
JAYANTA NASKAR
INC
60,37244.3%
3
ARABINDU HALDER
BJP
4,6553.4%
4
BAIDYA NATH BAR
IND
1,4251.0%
5
KAMAL KRISHNA MONDAL
IND
1560.1%

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 (66th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 2.6% · max 39.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
66th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
234th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 51.2%INC 44.3%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

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.

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