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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 4 · 2021
Cooch Behar Dakshin
Winner — 2021
Nikhil Ranjan Dey
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 46.8%AITC 44.3%8 others 8.9%
Votes
91,560
46.8% share
Winning margin
4,931
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
82.5%
of 2,37,033
A closely fought contest. Nikhil Ranjan Dey won with a 2.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikhil Ranjan Dey | BJP (NDA) | 91,560 | 46.8% |
| 2 | Avijit De Bhowmik |  AITC | 86,629 | 44.3% |
| 3 | Akshay Thakur | 10,246 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Rati Ranjan Paul | IND | 1,485 | 0.8% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,464 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Khokan Majumdar | 1,419 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | Nazma Khandakar | 1,138 | 0.6% | |
| 8 | Anamika Paul | IND | 739 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Bidhan Barma | IND | 496 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Babla Deb | AMB | 329 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (54th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.5% · max 46.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
54th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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97th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 46.8%AITC 44.3%AIFB 5.2%OTH 2.9%NOTA 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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