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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 170 · 1951

Belgachia

Winner — 1951

GANESH GHOSE
CPI 43.9%INC 24.9%11 others 31.2%
Votes
9,489
43.9% share
Winning margin
4,108
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
40.6%
of 53,206

Belgachia is a safe seat — GANESH GHOSE won by 19.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESH GHOSE
9,48943.9%
2
SUDHIR KUMAR DE
5,38124.9%
3
GANAPATI SUR
IND
1,8138.4%
4
HIRENDRA KUMAR GANGULY
KMPP
1,2485.8%
5
BALAI BISWAS
IND
7793.6%
6
PANCHANAN CHAKRAVORTY
IND
6733.1%
7
JATINDRA CHAKRAVORTY
5712.6%
8
SATYABRATA GHOSE
5562.6%
9
DHIRESH CHAKRABORTY
IND
4151.9%
10
JOGESH CHANDRA GHOSE
IND
3551.6%
11
NARESH CHANDRA BANERJI
IND
2301.1%
12
RAMDAS KAR
IND
510.2%
13
PANCHANAN GHOSH
IND
460.2%

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 (277th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 2.3% · max 47.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
277th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
183rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 43.9%INC 24.9%IND 8.4%KMPP 5.8%OTH 17.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

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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