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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 226

SabangAssembly by-election result, 2017

Gita Rani Bhunia (AITC) won Sabang in the 2017 assembly by-election with 51.6% of the vote, beating Rita Mandal (Jana) (CPM) by 64,196 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2011 election. In 2006, seat no. 226 was Keshiari. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Gita Rani Bhunia
AITC
AITC 51.6%CPM 20.4%3 others 28.0%
Votes
1,06,185
51.6% share
Winning margin
64,196
31.2% of votes
Candidates
5

A comfortable win — Gita Rani Bhunia won by 31.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Gita Rani Bhunia
AITC
AITC
1,06,18551.6%
2
Rita Mandal (JANA)
41,98920.4%
3
Antara Bhattacharyya
37,48318.2%
4
Chiranjib Bhowmik
18,0638.8%
5
Dinesh Maikap
2,0791.0%

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A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
31.2%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Two or three

AITC, CPM and BJP took 90% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.87

How did the vote split?

SEAT
51.6%won by AITC
AITC 51.6%CPM 20.4%BJP 18.2%INC 8.8%Others 1.0%

Paschim Medinipur district · 59.1 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Bengal Patachitra, Fabricated Steel Products and Madur (Mat) & Mat products, among others.

this districtdashed line = India

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
  • Hindu85.5%
  • Muslim10.5%
  • Christian0.4%
  • Sikh0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)3.1%
  • Not stated0.4%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water19.5%
Electric lighting52.6%
Toilet at home46.1%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 1855.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%

What's nearby?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bengal PatachitraGI🏺Fabricated Steel Products🏺Madur (Mat) & Mat products🏺Sabai grass-based handicraft🏺Sal leaf based products

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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Who has won Sabang, 2011–2026

  1. 2011MANAS RANJAN BHUNIA (INC), margin 6.8%
  2. 2016MANAS RANJAN BHUNIA (INC), margin 22.9%
  3. 2021MANAS RANJAN BHUNIA (AITC), margin 4.2%
  4. 2026AMAL KUMAR PANDA (BJP), margin 4.3%