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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1996

Karimpur

Winner — 1996

CHITTARANJAN BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.6%INC 32.6%5 others 19.9%
Votes
64,561
47.6% share
Winning margin
20,346
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
85.3%
of 1,59,147

A clear win with a 15.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHITTARANJAN BISWAS
Left Front
64,56147.6%
2
CHIRA RANJAN MANDAL
INC
44,21532.6%
3
NABAKUMAR MONDAL
BJP
24,86518.3%
4
ASUTOSH PAL
IND
1,1810.9%
5
IMAN MONDAL
IND
3420.3%
6
SUDHANSU KUMAR BISWAS
IND
2990.2%
7
TAMESH PAL
AIIC(T)
2910.2%

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.

Low turnout (273rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 1.3% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
273rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.16
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
127th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.6%INC 32.6%BJP 18.3%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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