Ganguly wins Bengali No. 1 poll by landslide

New Delhi: The Bengali No 1 poll on CNN-IBN has come to an end. And it is none other than former India captain Sourav Ganguly who won the poll with 59 per cent votes.

"It is gerat to win. Whether number one or 100. I am proud to be a Bengali,' says the cricketer after winning the poll.

Ganguly beat the likes of actress Rani Mukherji and nobel prize winner Amartya Sen.

Here is a gist of the final result of the poll –.

At the bottom of the list, at number five are Ganesh Pyne and Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri. The two who draw inspiration from Bengali culture, only managed to inspire 0.1 per cent of the vote.

Sarod Maestro Ali Akbar is at number four and it may not be music to his ears to know. He got 0.3 per cent of your votes.

It’s a crowd at number three. Economist Mohammad Yunus, Sitar maestro, Ravi Shankar, Physicist Ashoke Sen, Chess Champion Dibyendu Barua and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen come away with 0.5 per cent of the votes.

She sets the big screen on fire. But Bollywood star Rani Mukherjee doesn't rule this chart anymore. With a 38 per cent of the votes, she's at number two.

And at the number one spot is Cricketer Sourav Ganguly. His current cricket career notwithstanding, Dada is the winner of this poll, with a cool 59 per cent of the votes.

• Sourav Ganguly 59.154 per cent
• Rani Mukherjee 38.921 per cent
• Amartya Sen 0.612per cent
• Dibyendu Barua 0.483 per cent
• Ashoke Sen 0.183 per cent
• Ravi Shankar 0.166 per cent
• Muhammad Yunus 0.145 per cent
• Ali Akbar 0.12 per cent
• Jhumpa Lahiri 0.119 per cent
• Ganesh Pyne 0.098 per cent

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