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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 212 · 2016

Patashpur

Winner — 2016

JYOTIRMOY KAR
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 54.5%CPI 38.8%4 others 6.7%
Votes
1,03,567
54.5% share
Winning margin
29,888
15.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
88.7%
of 2,14,234

Patashpur is a safe seat — JYOTIRMOY KAR won by 15.7%.

Seat history

0 of 5 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.24 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JYOTIRMOY KAR
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,03,56754.5%
2
MAKHANLAL NAYAK
UPA
73,67938.8%
3
SWAPAN KUMAR DUTTA
BJP
10,1935.4%
NOTA
NOTA
1,1120.6%
5
SURJYENDU BIKASH PATRA
7650.4%
6
SUBRATA GURIA
IND
6840.4%

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

Average turnout (156th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.0% · max 26.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
156th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
260th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
284th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 54.5%CPI 38.8%BJP 5.4%OTH 0.8%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/5

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.24 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

2 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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