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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 117 · 1996
Satgachia
Winner — 1996
JYOTI BASU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 48.7%INC 39.5%7 others 11.9%
Votes
58,597
48.7% share
Winning margin
11,110
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
81.8%
of 1,47,098
A clear win with a 9.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JYOTI BASU | Left Front | 58,597 | 48.7% |
| 2 | BAG CHITTA RANJAN | INC | 47,487 | 39.5% |
| 3 | MUZAFFAR KHAN | BJP | 10,686 | 8.9% |
| 4 | GHOSH TIMIR BARAN | IND | 1,862 | 1.6% |
| 5 | ABDUL AJIJ |  MUL | 816 | 0.7% |
| 6 | MADAN MOHAN DAS | 410 | 0.3% | |
| 7 | SWAPAN DEY | IND | 245 | 0.2% |
| 8 | ABHIJIT GHOSH | IND | 149 | 0.1% |
| 9 | SHYAMAL DAS | IND | 95 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (272nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.7% · max 67.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
89%
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272nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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110th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.7%INC 39.5%BJP 8.9%OTH 3.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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