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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1988

Kailasahar

Winner — 1988

BIRAJIT SINHA
INC· INC
INC 50.9%CPM 46.9%3 others 2.2%
Votes
9,519
50.9% share
Winning margin
739
4.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
86.8%
of 21,551

A closely fought contest. BIRAJIT SINHA won with a 4.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRAJIT SINHA
INC
9,51950.9%
2
TAPAN CHAKRABARTI
Left
8,78046.9%
3
BIDHAN DAS
BJP
2681.4%
4
SAMSUDDIN AHAMED
Janata
910.5%
5
JAJNESWAR DASH
IND
490.3%

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 (56th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 1.3% · max 26.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
56th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
35th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.9%CPM 46.9%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,93,947
Density
341 / km²
Sex ratio
967 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population25.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.2%Muslim 15.2%Christian 6.3%Buddhist 5.0%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.3%
Electricity54.1%
Sanitation84.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.4%
Children fully vaccinated69.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.3%
Women literate83.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance28.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oil - Agar🏺Tea
Unakoti

Unakoti

Heritage SiteWikidata

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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