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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 33 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Kushmandi

Winner — 1996

ROY NARMADA CHANDRA
RSP· Left Front
RSP 47.2%INC 39.3%5 others 13.5%
Votes
59,176
47.2% share
Winning margin
9,944
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
83.9%
of 1,49,374

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ROY NARMADA CHANDRA
Left Front
59,17647.2%
2
KRISHNA CHANDRA SARKAR
INC
49,23239.3%
3
ABINASH CHANDRA SARKAR
BJP
14,62611.7%
4
BRAJAMOHAN ROY
IND
1,2541.0%
5
JITEN ROY SINHA
IND
6220.5%
6
ATUL BARMAN
IND
2480.2%
7
BHUPENDRA NATH BARMAN
IND
1600.1%

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.

High turnout (18th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 1.0% · max 23.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
18th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
139th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
289th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 47.2%INC 39.3%BJP 11.7%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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