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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Sitalkuchi
Winner — 1996
SUDHIR PRAMANIK
CPM· Left Front
CPM 57.9%INC 32.6%3 others 9.5%
Votes
74,984
57.9% share
Winning margin
32,757
25.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
89.8%
of 1,44,211
Sitalkuchi is a safe seat — SUDHIR PRAMANIK won by 25.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUDHIR PRAMANIK | Left Front | 74,984 | 57.9% |
| 2 | BIRENDRA NARAYAN BARMA | INC | 42,227 | 32.6% |
| 3 | HEM CHANDRA BARMAN | BJP | 10,127 | 7.8% |
| 4 | SUDHA RANJAN ROY | FB(S) | 1,628 | 1.3% |
| 5 | SUBODH BARMAN | AMB | 523 | 0.4% |
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.
High turnout (12th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.1% · max 35.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
12th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
278th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
280th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 57.9%INC 32.6%BJP 7.8%OTH 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
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