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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1996

Ballygunge

Winner — 1996

RABIN DEB
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.5%INC 46.5%6 others 6.0%
Votes
69,185
47.5% share
Winning margin
1,481
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
69.7%
of 2,09,051

Ballygunge was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 1,481 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RABIN DEB
Left Front
69,18547.5%
2
DIBYENDU BISWAS
INC
67,70446.5%
3
GOURI CHOWDHURY
BJP
6,4334.4%
4
MAHESWAR DAS
1,4431.0%
5
RANJIT KR. DEY
IND
3080.2%
6
DIPAK KR. GHOSH
IND
1990.1%
7
BIJOY DUTTA
IND
1940.1%
8
AMITAVA CHOWDHURY
IND
1470.1%

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 (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.5%INC 46.5%OTH 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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