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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 251 · 1996
Bankura
Winner — 1996
PARTHA DE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.9%INC 39.1%6 others 10.0%
Votes
64,325
50.9% share
Winning margin
14,876
11.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
77.1%
of 1,63,908
A clear win with a 11.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARTHA DE | Left Front | 64,325 | 50.9% |
| 2 | ASIS CHAKRABARTTY | INC | 49,449 | 39.1% |
| 3 | ADHVARYYU CHANDI CHARAN | BJP | 9,367 | 7.4% |
| 4 | JYOTILAL MURMU | 1,199 | 0.9% | |
| 5 | GOBARDHAN SHIT | IND | 1,140 | 0.9% |
| 6 | SHITAL ROY | IND | 412 | 0.3% |
| 7 | SUDAM DUTTA | 259 | 0.2% | |
| 8 | GIRIDHARI SHARMA | IND | 196 | 0.2% |
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 (197th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean11.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.9% · min 1.6% · max 23.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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197th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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123rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.9%INC 39.1%BJP 7.4%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️BaluchariGI🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏷️Terracotta CraftGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.