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Winner — 2022 by-election

SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINHA
All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 56.6%BJP 30.5%6 others + NOTA 12.9%
Votes
6,56,358
56.6% share
Winning margin
3,03,209
26.2% of votes
Total votes cast
11,59,229
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 candidates + NOTA
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINHA
AITC
6,56,35856.6%
2
Agnimitra Paul
3,53,14930.5%
3
Partha Mukherjee
90,4127.8%
4
Prasenjit Puitandy (Sanku)
15,0351.3%
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NOTA
NOTA
12,8271.1%
5
Amitav Naskar
IND
11,9431.0%
6
Jagodish Mandal
BNARP
10,1640.9%
7
SUNNY KUMAR SAH
IND
5,1200.4%
8
PRABHU NATH SAH
IND
4,2210.4%

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

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How safe is this seat?

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26.2%

winning margin, share of votes

How many people voted?

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67%

of registered voters

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How many parties were really in the race?

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Two or three

AITC, BJP and CPM took 95% of the votes.

Effective number of parties: 2.38 — counts each party by its share of the vote.

How much NOTA?

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1.1%

of votes went to NOTA, “None of the above”

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How often does it back the winner?

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How did the vote split?

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56.6%won by AITC
AITC 56.6%BJP 30.5%CPM 7.8%Others 4.0%NOTA 1.1%

Barddhaman district · 77.2 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Bengal Dokra, Bardhaman Sitabhog - Mihidana and Refractory bricks & similar refractory ceramics, among others.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population (2011)
77,17,563
Density (2011)
1099 / km²
Sex ratio (2011)
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4% (2011)
ST population6.3% (2011)

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
  • Hindu77.8%
  • Muslim20.7%
  • Christian0.3%
  • Sikh0.2%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)0.6%
  • Not stated0.3%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet (Census 2011)

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water36.1% (2011)
Electric lighting61.6% (2011)
Toilet at home55.7% (2011)

Health and family (NFHS-5, 2019–21)

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 1841.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

15 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bardhaman Sitabhog - Mihidana🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏺Refractory bricks & similar refractory ceramics🏺Rice Bran Oil & De-oiled Rice Bran🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree

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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STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25

Figures for the state as a whole, not for this seat.