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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1996

Palashipara

Winner — 1996

KAMALENDU SANYAL (SASTHI)
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.3%INC 38.7%9 others 14.1%
Votes
65,306
47.3% share
Winning margin
11,924
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
85.9%
of 1,60,813

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMALENDU SANYAL (SASTHI)
Left Front
65,30647.3%
2
UJJAL BISWAS
INC
53,38238.6%
3
AGARWALA DHANARAJ
BJP
12,3799.0%
4
MOSAFUDDIN MANDAL
IND
4,9283.6%
5
ARABINDA BISWAS
8440.6%
6
HARAMOHAN SARKAR
IND
4740.3%
7
QUDDUS SHAIKH
AIIC(T)
3220.2%
8
SATINATH BAIRAGYA
IND
1900.1%
9
SWAPAN MONDAL
AMB
1590.1%
10
MIHIR BARAN BISWAS
IND
740.1%
11
AMAL KRISHNA HALDER
IND
420.0%

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 (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.3%INC 38.6%BJP 9.0%OTH 5.1%

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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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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