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West Bengal · PC 28 · 2024

Hooghly

Winner — Lok Sabha 2024

RACHNA BANERJEE
All India Trinamool Congress· All India Trinamool Congress (INDIA)
AITC 46.3%BJP 41.2%11 others 12.5%
Votes
7,02,744
46.3% share
Winning margin
76,853
5.1% of votes
Total votes cast
15,18,072
Candidates
13
Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RACHNA BANERJEE
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress (INDIA)
7,02,74446.3%
2
LOCKET CHATTERJEE
NDA
6,25,89141.2%
3
MANADIP GHOSH
CPI(M)
INDIA bloc
1,39,9199.2%
NOTA
NOTA
13,3520.9%
5
SURAJIT HEMBRAM
IND
9,2680.6%
6
SAMIM ALI MOLLICK
IND
6,5670.4%
7
JAMINI BHAR
4,7180.3%
8
AJANTA SARKAR
BNJD
3,6390.2%
9
SK KAMALUDDIN
IND
2,7660.2%
10
SANCHITA BERA
IND
2,6490.2%
11
PABAN MAZUMDER
2,3800.2%
12
PRADIP PAL
BNARP
2,2200.1%
13
MRINAL KANTI DAS
IND
1,3980.1%

Average turnout (16th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 1.9% · max 61.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
16th of 42

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 42

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
20th of 42

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.3%BJP 41.2%CPI(M) 9.2%OTH 2.3%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

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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.

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