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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 272 · 2001Reserved (SC)
Khandaghosh
Winner — 2001
JYOTSNA SINGH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 65.4%AITC 28.6%2 others 5.9%
Votes
81,195
65.4% share
Winning margin
45,653
36.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
82.4%
of 1,50,667
Khandaghosh is a safe seat — JYOTSNA SINGH won by 36.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JYOTSNA SINGH | Left Front | 81,195 | 65.4% |
| 2 | BANSHI BADAN ROY |  AITC | 35,542 | 28.6% |
| 3 | BASUDEV MALIK | BJP | 5,561 | 4.5% |
| 4 | LAKSHAN SANTRA | IND | 1,801 | 1.4% |
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 (127th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe36.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.2% · min 0.1% · max 45.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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127th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.6%
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4th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 65.4%AITC 28.6%OTH 5.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%
What's nearby?
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