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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 95 · 2001
Basirhat
Winner — 2001
NARAYAN MUKHERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 46.4%AITC 25.9%3 others 27.7%
Votes
62,696
46.4% share
Winning margin
27,720
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.0%
of 1,82,559
Basirhat is a safe seat — NARAYAN MUKHERJEE won by 20.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NARAYAN MUKHERJEE | Left Front | 62,696 | 46.4% |
| 2 | SOUREN SEN |  AITC | 34,976 | 25.9% |
| 3 | BIBHU CHATTOPADHYAY | IND | 23,831 | 17.6% |
| 4 | NARAYAN CHANDRA MANDAL | BJP | 10,996 | 8.1% |
| 5 | GAZI SAHADAT ALI | PDS | 2,527 | 1.9% |
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.
Average turnout (187th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.1% · max 25.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
187th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
241st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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152nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.4%AITC 25.9%IND 17.6%BJP 8.1%OTH 1.9%
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
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.