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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 36 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Sagardighi

Winner — 1951

KUBER CHAND HALDAR
Also elected — same seat
SHYAMAPADA BHATTACHARYYA
INC· 16,668 votes
INC 16.4%INC 16.0%16 others 67.6%
Votes
17,157
16.4% share
Winning margin
4,072
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
18
Turnout
45.3%
of 1,15,319

A closely fought contest. KUBER CHAND HALDAR won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KUBER CHAND HALDAR
17,15716.4%
2
SHYAMAPADA BHATTACHARYYA
16,66816.0%
3
ALIMAZZAMAM
IND
13,08512.5%
4
PANKAJ KUMAR DAS
12,94612.4%
5
SURENDRANARAYAN SINHA
IND
8,2417.9%
6
MUKTI PADA CHATTERJI
IND
7,6027.3%
7
JAMINI MOHAN MANDAL
IND
5,0334.8%
8
AMBIKA CHARAN DAS
IND
4,7584.6%
9
M HAYATULLAH
IND
4,4414.3%
10
JAGADINDRANATH CHAUDHURY
IND
4,1704.0%
11
SHYAMCHAND SWARNAKAR
IND
2,6182.5%
12
DEBANDRANATH DAS
IND
2,4152.3%
13
KIRITI BHUSON ROY
IND
1,7671.7%
14
UMA PROSAD SINHA
1,0481.0%
15
BHOLANATH SAHA
IND
9430.9%
16
DWIJA PADA SARKAR
IND
5960.6%
17
BIDHU BHUSAN MANDAL
IND
5120.5%
18
PRAMATHA NATH SARKAR
IND
4320.4%

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.

High turnout (27th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.0% · min 0.1% · max 45.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
27th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
286th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
187 seats · 94 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 16.4%INC 16.0%IND 12.5%SP 12.4%IND 7.9%IND 7.3%OTH 27.5%

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?

1 location
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