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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 55 · 2018

Bagbassa

Winner — 2018

BIJITA NATH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 48.4%BJP 47.7%5 others 3.9%
Votes
18,001
48.4% share
Winning margin
270
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
87.0%
of 42,738

Bagbassa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 270 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

1 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.30 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIJITA NATH
Left Front
18,00148.4%
2
PRADIP KUMAR NATH
NDA
17,73147.7%
3
JYOTIRMOY NATH
UPA
5521.5%
4
ARABINDA TELI
CPI(ML)(L)
2770.7%
5
AMARJIT SINGHA
AITC
2740.7%
NOTA
NOTA
2570.7%
7
MARTUJUDDIN CHOUDHURY
IND
900.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (55th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.2% · max 38.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
55th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
32nd of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.4%BJP 47.7%OTH 3.2%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.30 Cr

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oil - Agar🏺Tea

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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