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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1972
Agartala Town I
Winner — 1972
AJOY BISWAS
IND
IND 50.3%INC 36.2%4 others 13.5%
Votes
3,810
50.3% share
Winning margin
1,068
14.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.3%
of 11,963
A clear win with a 14.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJOY BISWAS | IND | 3,810 | 50.3% |
| 2 | RENUKA CHAKRABORTY | Congress (R) | 2,742 | 36.2% |
| 3 | SAROJ RANJAN CHANDA | Left | 819 | 10.8% |
| 4 | ANUKUL CHANDRA SAHA | IND | 86 | 1.1% |
| 5 | PARIMALENDU BHATTACHARJEE | Grand Alliance | 81 | 1.1% |
| 6 | RAJANI KANTA CHAKRABORTY | IND | 39 | 0.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
Low turnout (58th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe14.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 4.0% · max 47.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
58th of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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22nd of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 50.3%INC 36.2%CPI 10.8%OTH 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,25,739
Density
577 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,993 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population25.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.8%Other 3.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation90.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.1%
Clean cooking fuel65.2%
Health insurance28.1%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.