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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 143 · 1996
Jorasanko
Winner — 1996
DEOKINANDAN PODDAR
INC· INC
INC 49.7%FBL 33.6%20 others 16.7%
Votes
23,787
49.7% share
Winning margin
7,714
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
60.4%
of 79,134
Jorasanko is a safe seat — DEOKINANDAN PODDAR won by 16.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
22 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEOKINANDAN PODDAR | INC | 23,787 | 49.7% |
| 2 | SATISH NARAYAN BAJAJ |  FBL | 16,073 | 33.6% |
| 3 | NANDALAL SINGHANIA | BJP | 6,297 | 13.2% |
| 4 | MANSOOR AHMED | IND | 593 | 1.2% |
| 5 | KANAI CHANDRA PAL | IND | 214 | 0.5% |
| 6 | RAJENDRA SONKAR | IND | 113 | 0.2% |
| 7 | VINOD SURANA | IND | 94 | 0.2% |
| 8 | NARESH CH. SHARMA | IND | 77 | 0.2% |
| 9 | SAMBHU NATH GANGULI | ABHM | 68 | 0.1% |
| 10 | ABHAY SHANKAR ROY | IND | 59 | 0.1% |
| 11 | KEDAR NATH JHA | SLAP | 55 | 0.1% |
| 12 | KRISHNA KUMAR SHARMA | IND | 54 | 0.1% |
| 13 | SATYA VYAS | ABJS | 49 | 0.1% |
| 14 | GUPTA BINOY KUMAR | AIIC(T) | 49 | 0.1% |
| 15 | SHYAM SUNDAR SHARMA | IND | 46 | 0.1% |
| 16 | AKHTAR ALAM | IND | 46 | 0.1% |
| 17 | NIRMAL KUMAR BHARTIA | IND | 39 | 0.1% |
| 18 | BHOLANATH GUPTA (MUNNA) | IND | 34 | 0.1% |
| 19 | JATINDER NATH BARAL | IND | 32 | 0.1% |
| 20 | LAL BAHADUR VERMA | IND | 26 | 0.1% |
| 21 | RATHOR SEWA SINGH | IND | 12 | 0.0% |
| 22 | SURESH KUMAR MURGAI | IND | 7 | 0.0% |
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 (105th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 27.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
105th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
208th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.7%FBL 33.6%BJP 13.2%OTH 3.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
17 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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