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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 87 · 1996
Habra
Winner — 1996
BAREN BASU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 43.7%INC 43.0%7 others 13.3%
Votes
65,254
43.7% share
Winning margin
943
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
85.3%
of 1,75,220
Habra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 943 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAREN BASU | Left Front | 65,254 | 43.7% |
| 2 | ABDUL HAMID MANDAL | INC | 64,311 | 43.0% |
| 3 | SAMARENDRA CHAKRABARTY | BJP | 14,046 | 9.4% |
| 4 | PRONATI BISWAS | 2,722 | 1.8% | |
| 5 | SANKAR GHOSH | IND | 1,346 | 0.9% |
| 6 | TAPAN SAHA | 1,134 | 0.8% | |
| 7 | BISWAJIT DAS | IND | 267 | 0.2% |
| 8 | SIRAJUL HOQUE |  MUL | 197 | 0.1% |
| 9 | ATA SAHARAB UDDIN | INL | 163 | 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 (190th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.6% · max 28.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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190th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
250th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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101st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.7%INC 43.0%BJP 9.4%OTH 3.9%
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?
8 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.