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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 160 · 2016

Rashbehari

Winner — 2016

SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 44.1%INC 33.6%6 others 22.3%
Votes
60,857
44.1% share
Winning margin
14,553
10.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
66.9%
of 2,05,943

A clear win with a 10.6% margin.

Seat history

0 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.56 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
60,85744.1%
2
ASHUTOSH CHATTERJEE
UPA
46,30433.6%
3
SAMIR BANERJEE
BJP
23,38117.0%
NOTA
NOTA
3,8722.8%
5
SWATI GHOSH
1,3351.0%
6
OMPRAKASH PRAJAPATI
9680.7%
7
UTTAM KUMAR DAS
IND
5870.4%
8
TARULATA DUTTA
IND
5530.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (284th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.7% · max 36.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
284th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
183rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
79th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 44.1%INC 33.6%BJP 17.0%OTH 2.5%NOTA 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.56 Cr

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

4 locations
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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.

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