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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 257 · 1996

Kulti

Winner — 1996

ACHARYYA MANIKLAL
FBL
FBL 44.0%INC 42.4%10 others 13.6%
Votes
49,852
44.0% share
Winning margin
1,865
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
65.1%
of 1,73,861

Kulti was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,865 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ACHARYYA MANIKLAL
FBL
49,85244.0%
2
AJIT KR. GHATAK
INC
47,98742.4%
3
HRISHIKESH PUITANDI
BJP
11,0229.7%
4
RUKMINI PRASAD
IND
1,3261.2%
5
SANKAR NUNIA
IND
1,1211.0%
6
ISWARLAL PASWAN
IND
4470.4%
7
ASISH BHATTACHARYA
AMB
3470.3%
8
PRABHAKAR MAJI
IND
3250.3%
9
ANITA HALDAR
IND
3200.3%
10
RAJIB DEY
IND
1640.1%
11
SUKHU KURMI
IND
1590.1%
12
BHARAT PD. GUPTA
IND
1510.1%

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 (118th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 43.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
118th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
186th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
166th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 44.0%INC 42.4%BJP 9.7%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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