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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 117 · 2016
Rajarhat Gopalpur
Winner — 2016
PURNENDU BASU
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 44.3%CPM 40.1%4 others 15.6%
Votes
72,793
44.3% share
Winning margin
6,874
4.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.7%
of 2,29,140
A closely fought contest. PURNENDU BASU won with a 4.2% margin.
Seat history
1 of 5 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PURNENDU BASU |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 72,793 | 44.3% |
| 2 | NEPALDEB BHATTACHARJEE | UPA | 65,919 | 40.1% |
| 3 | DILIP MITRA | BJP | 19,683 | 12.0% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,780 | 2.3% |
| 5 | RANJIT KUMAR DUTTA | IND | 1,244 | 0.8% |
| 6 | SHYAMAL MONDAL | IND | 895 | 0.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Low turnout (272nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe4.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 2.7% · max 67.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
272nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
110th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 44.3%CPM 40.1%BJP 12.0%OTH 1.3%NOTA 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
1/5
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.12 Cr
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?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · 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.