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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 158 · 1996

Burtola

Winner — 1996

SADHAN PANDE
INC· INC
INC 63.7%RSP 28.0%7 others 8.3%
Votes
50,368
63.7% share
Winning margin
28,247
35.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
69.7%
of 1,13,451

Burtola is a safe seat — SADHAN PANDE won by 35.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADHAN PANDE
INC
50,36863.7%
2
PARIMAL ROUTH
Left Front
22,12128.0%
3
JNANABRATA CHANDA
BJP
5,0856.4%
4
PRASANTA KUMAR GHOSH
IND
6870.9%
5
DHIRA SIL
IND
2810.4%
6
RAMESH MISRA
IND
2050.3%
7
PRALOY GUHA
IND
1320.2%
8
SANJAY KR. BHOTIKA
IND
1190.1%
9
SUDAV ADHIKARY
IND
690.1%

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 (267th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.5% · min 1.6% · max 45.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
267th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
292nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 63.7%RSP 28.0%BJP 6.4%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

1 location
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