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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 233 · 1996Reserved (ST)

Banduan

Winner — 1996

LAKHIRAM KISKU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 56.2%INC 18.9%6 others 24.9%
Votes
53,680
56.2% share
Winning margin
35,583
37.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
76.0%
of 1,25,681

Banduan is a safe seat — LAKHIRAM KISKU won by 37.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKHIRAM KISKU
Left Front
53,68056.2%
2
SITAL CHANDRA HEMBRAM
INC
18,09718.9%
3
KAMALA KANTA BASKEY
IND
17,44018.3%
4
AJIT KUMAR HANSDA
JMM(M)
2,8092.9%
5
SURENDRA KISKU
BJP
1,6641.7%
6
JOGYESWAR MURMU
JKP
7820.8%
7
RAMA KANAI KISKU
IND
6050.6%
8
NIRANJAN SOREN
AMB
4600.5%

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 (87th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.5% · min 3.6% · max 37.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
87th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
149th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
46th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.2%INC 18.9%IND 18.3%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
🏷️Bengal PatachitraGI🏺Fabricated Steel Products🏺Madur (Mat) & Mat products🏺Sabai grass-based handicraft🏺Sal leaf based products

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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