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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 121 · 2001Reserved (SC)
Magrahat East
Winner — 2001
BANSARI MOHAN KANJI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.6%AITC 46.5%3 others 5.9%
Votes
57,680
47.6% share
Winning margin
1,280
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
73.7%
of 1,64,416
Magrahat East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,280 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANSARI MOHAN KANJI | Left Front | 57,680 | 47.6% |
| 2 | NAMITA SAHA |  AITC | 56,400 | 46.5% |
| 3 | KARTIK SARDAR | BJP | 3,744 | 3.1% |
| 4 | DIBAKAR NASKAR | PDS | 2,295 | 1.9% |
| 5 | GOPAL MONDAL | 1,077 | 0.9% |
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.
High turnout (5th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 0.1% · max 39.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
5th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.79
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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32nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.79EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.6%AITC 46.5%OTH 5.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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