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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 178 · 1996

Chanditala

Winner — 1996

AKBOR ALI KHANDOKER
INC· INC
INC 48.8%CPM 47.4%2 others 3.9%
Votes
72,490
48.8% share
Winning margin
2,114
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
79.6%
of 1,86,680

Chanditala was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 2,114 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AKBOR ALI KHANDOKER
INC
72,49048.8%
2
GHOSH MALIN
Left Front
70,37647.4%
3
RUPEN GHOSH
BJP
5,2673.5%
4
MILAN DAS
IND
4620.3%

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 (73rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 0.6% · max 52.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
73rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
181st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.8%CPM 47.4%OTH 3.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

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