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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 95 · 1996

Basirhat

Winner — 1996

NARAYAN MUKHERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 44.8%INC 44.6%5 others 10.6%
Votes
66,329
44.8% share
Winning margin
181
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
86.9%
of 1,70,535

Basirhat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 181 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARAYAN MUKHERJEE
Left Front
66,32944.8%
2
ASIT MAZUMDER
INC
66,14844.6%
3
ANINDYA GOPAL MITRA
BJP
12,7398.6%
4
MOLLA JAFRULLA
INL
2,2481.5%
5
MONDAL NUR BOX
IND
2470.2%
6
AMITESH DEY
IND
2370.2%
7
AMAL KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
2230.1%

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 (187th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.1% · max 25.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
187th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
241st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
152nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 44.8%INC 44.6%BJP 8.6%OTH 2.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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