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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 14 · 1998

Badharghat

Winner — 1998

DILIP SARKAR
INC· INC
INC 49.3%CPM 45.3%7 others 5.4%
Votes
19,372
49.3% share
Winning margin
1,549
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
80.1%
of 49,098

A closely fought contest. DILIP SARKAR won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DILIP SARKAR
INC
19,37249.3%
2
JADAB MAJUMDER
17,82345.3%
3
SHIPRA DE
NDA
1,9054.8%
4
DILIP CHAKRABORTY
IND
570.1%
5
ABHIJIT DAS
IND
490.1%
6
SHIBANI BHOWMIK
IND
490.1%
7
JITENDRA DAS
IND
430.1%
8
UTTAM ROY SARKAR
IND
270.1%
9
SUKUMAR CH. DAS
IND
60.0%

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.

Average turnout (37th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.6% · max 62.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
37th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
33rd of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.3%CPM 45.3%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo based products🏺Scented Rice🏺Tripura Silk🏺Wood and Bamboo based Handicraft Items

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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