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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 204 · 1999 by-elections
Mahishadal
Winner — 1999 by-elections
Deepak Ghosh
AITC
AITC 46.9%CPM 46.0%3 others 7.1%
Votes
53,150
46.9% share
Winning margin
1,080
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Mahishadal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 1,080 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepak Ghosh |  AITC | 53,150 | 46.9% |
| 2 | Subrata Kumar Maiti | 52,070 | 46.0% | |
| 3 | Bera Sukumar | 7,502 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Bipradas Chatterjee | CPI(ML)(L) | 454 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Ram Gopal Parmanik | IND | 69 | 0.1% |
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 (208th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.6% · max 30.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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208th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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185th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.9%CPM 46.0%INC 6.6%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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