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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 210 · 1996

Contai North

Winner — 1996

CHAKRADHAR MAIKAP
CPM· Left Front
CPM 48.0%INC 46.9%5 others 5.1%
Votes
55,807
48.0% share
Winning margin
1,233
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
88.8%
of 1,31,034

Contai North was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,233 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHAKRADHAR MAIKAP
Left Front
55,80748.0%
2
MUKUL BIKASH MAITI
INC
54,57446.9%
3
BISWESWAR PONDA
BJP
4,3433.7%
4
RUP KUMAR KAYAL
IND
5440.5%
5
SUKUMAR JANA
IND
5220.5%
6
JAGANNATH DAS
IND
4900.4%
7
KALI PADA MAITI
IND
500.0%

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 (115th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.4% · max 58.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
115th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
271st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
283rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.0%INC 46.9%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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