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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 31 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Bolpur

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Winner — 1951

HANSADAH BHUSAN
INC
Also elected — same seat
ROY HANSESWAR
INC· 10,890 votes
INC 18.0%INC 17.2%12 others 64.8%
Votes
11,395
18.0% share
Winning margin
4,217
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
29.4%
of 1,07,533

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HANSADAH BHUSAN
INC
11,39518.0%
2
ROY HANSESWAR
INC
10,89017.2%
3
MUKHOPADHYAYA HEM CHANDRA
HMS
7,17811.3%
4
MAJHI ANANTA
HMS
4,9227.8%
5
CHATTOPADHYAYA HARENDRA NATH
SP
4,6827.4%
6
HANSDA HOPNA
CPI
3,6635.8%
7
SAREN RAMJIBAN
SP
3,6155.7%
8
SARKAR SANTI KUMAR
IND
3,4105.4%
9
HASDA KISHON
KMPP
3,3405.3%
10
ROY DWARIKA
IND
3,1064.9%
11
BANDOPADHYAYA DWARIKA NATH
CPI
2,7624.4%
12
SINHA JATINDRA NATH
KMPP
2,0163.2%
13
CHAKRABARTY DHURJATI DAS
IND
1,4582.3%
14
MAJHI SANAT
RSP
9031.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (224th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.9% · max 53.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
224th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
96th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 18.0%INC 17.2%HMS 11.3%HMS 7.8%SP 7.4%CPI 5.8%OTH 32.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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