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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1996
Sabang
Winner — 1996
BANGAL MAKHANLAL
IND
IND 49.9%INC 49.2%2 others 0.9%
Votes
60,453
49.9% share
Winning margin
825
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
95.8%
of 1,26,442
Sabang was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 825 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANGAL MAKHANLAL | IND | 60,453 | 49.9% |
| 2 | MANAS BHUNIA | INC | 59,628 | 49.2% |
| 3 | JANA NAGENDRANATH | BJP | 594 | 0.5% |
| 4 | BHUSAN MANDAL | IND | 453 | 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.
Average turnout (183rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.7% · max 24.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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183rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.11
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275th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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202nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 49.9%INC 49.2%OTH 0.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.