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West Bengal · PC 18 · 1980
Jadavpur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1980
SOMNATH CHATTERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 60.0%INC(I) 31.6%5 others 8.4%
Votes
3,09,094
60.0% share
Winning margin
1,46,115
28.4% of votes
Total votes cast
5,15,243
Candidates
7
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOMNATH CHATTERJEE | Left Front | 3,09,094 | 60.0% |
| 2 | SACHINATH MITRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 1,62,979 | 31.6% |
| 3 | HARIPADA BHARATI | Janata / Lok Dal | 31,846 | 6.2% |
| 4 | ABDUL MANNAN KHAN | JNP(S) | 6,763 | 1.3% |
| 5 | NADYANANDA SINHA | IND | 1,778 | 0.3% |
| 6 | GANESH CHANDRA MUKHERJEE | IND | 1,492 | 0.3% |
| 7 | KARUNA NIDHAN ROY | IND | 1,291 | 0.3% |
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 (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean28.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.2% · max 39.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
4th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
40th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 60.0%INC(I) 31.6%JNP 6.2%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.