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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1996
Bongaon
Winner — 1996
PANKAJ GHOSH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.8%INC 46.7%3 others 5.5%
Votes
68,251
47.8% share
Winning margin
1,668
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
86.3%
of 1,65,276
Bongaon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 1,668 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PANKAJ GHOSH | Left Front | 68,251 | 47.8% |
| 2 | BHUPENDRA NATH SETH | INC | 66,583 | 46.7% |
| 3 | AJOY GHOSH | BJP | 4,639 | 3.3% |
| 4 | PHANINDRA NATH SIKDAR | 2,874 | 2.0% | |
| 5 | BISWESHWAR MONDAL | AMB | 356 | 0.3% |
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 (172nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 1.2% · max 35.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
172nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
140th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
219th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.8%INC 46.7%OTH 5.5%
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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.