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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 225 · 1996
Kharagpur Rural
Winner — 1996
HAQUE NAZMUL
CPM· Left Front
CPM 57.2%INC 34.3%5 others 8.4%
Votes
73,097
57.2% share
Winning margin
29,217
22.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
79.8%
of 1,60,085
Kharagpur Rural is a safe seat — HAQUE NAZMUL won by 22.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAQUE NAZMUL | Left Front | 73,097 | 57.2% |
| 2 | RANJIT BASU | INC | 43,880 | 34.4% |
| 3 | SASANKA PATRA | BJP | 8,427 | 6.6% |
| 4 | ALAK KUMAR KAR | IND | 1,154 | 0.9% |
| 5 | ANWAR HOSSAIN | IND | 667 | 0.5% |
| 6 | RAM CHANDRA SAREN | SLAP | 335 | 0.3% |
| 7 | ADAK GAYEN |  MUL | 196 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (129th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe22.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.4% · max 49.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
129th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
142nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 57.2%INC 34.4%BJP 6.6%OTH 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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