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West Bengal · PC 21 · 2004
Calcutta North West
Winner — Lok Sabha 2004
Sudhangshu Seal
CPM· Left Front
CPM 42.1%AITC 30.2%12 others 27.7%
Votes
1,51,772
42.1% share
Winning margin
43,004
11.9% of votes
Total votes cast
3,60,117
Candidates
14
Seat history
0 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.00 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudhangshu Seal | Left Front | 1,51,772 | 42.1% |
| 2 | Subrata Mukherjee |  AITC | 1,08,768 | 30.2% |
| 3 | Bandyopadhyay Sudip | IND | 81,952 | 22.8% |
| 4 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | IND | 3,450 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Prof. Vijay K. Arora \samyak\ | IND | 2,666 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Sudhir Kr. Bishram | IND | 2,201 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Ashim Das | IND | 2,172 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Rizwan Ahmad Siddiqui | 2,127 | 0.6% | |
| 9 | Subrata Banerjee | IND | 1,185 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Biplab Mukherjee | IND | 1,079 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Pandey Ramendra | IND | 969 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Gopal Ch. Saha | IND | 697 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Lok Nath Saraff | IND | 640 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Kamalesh Ojha | IND | 439 | 0.1% |
Average turnout (18th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe11.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.3% · min 3.7% · max 46.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
18th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
27th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 42.1%AITC 30.2%IND 22.8%OTH 4.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
0/14
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.00 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
37 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.