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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Krishnaganj

Winner — 1996

SUSHIL BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.2%INC 45.8%6 others 7.0%
Votes
58,868
47.2% share
Winning margin
1,698
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
87.0%
of 1,43,416

Krishnaganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,698 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUSHIL BISWAS
Left Front
58,86847.2%
2
BIDHAN CHANDRA PODDAR
INC
57,17045.8%
3
SUBODH BISWAS
BJP
5,2084.2%
4
BISWAS MANOJ KUMAR
IND
2,3031.8%
5
TARAPADA MAJHI
7910.6%
6
KUMOD BISWAS
AIIC(T)
1960.2%
7
ARUN MONDAL
AMB
1680.1%
8
SUBHASH CHOUDHURI
IND
1290.1%

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 (157th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.5% · max 36.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
157th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.54
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
242nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.2%INC 45.8%OTH 7.0%

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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