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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1996
Santipur
Winner — 1996
AJOY DE
INC· INC
INC 49.3%RCPI(R) 42.7%3 others 8.0%
Votes
78,163
49.3% share
Winning margin
10,370
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
86.4%
of 1,83,624
A clear win with a 6.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJOY DE | INC | 78,163 | 49.3% |
| 2 | BIMALANANDA MUKHERJEE | RCPI(R) | 67,793 | 42.7% |
| 3 | MALAY KUMAR PRAMANICK | BJP | 11,622 | 7.3% |
| 4 | MANMOHAN SARKAR | IND | 829 | 0.5% |
| 5 | SACHINDRANATH BHATTACHARYA | IND | 211 | 0.1% |
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 (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.1% · max 64.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
225th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
278th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.3%RCPI(R) 42.7%BJP 7.3%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.