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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 99 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Singoor

Winner — 1951

AJIT KUMAR BASU
Also elected — same seat
SOURENDRA NATH SAHA
CPI· 18,349 votes
CPI 19.7%INC 17.7%8 others 62.6%
Votes
21,615
19.7% share
Winning margin
2,132
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
51.8%
of 1,06,074

Singoor was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 2,132 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT KUMAR BASU
21,61519.7%
2
KARTIC CHANDRA DAS
19,48317.7%
3
SOURENDRA NATH SAHA
18,34916.7%
4
BISWANATH SAHA
18,27716.6%
5
SANATAN BHAR
9,2578.4%
6
RAJ KUMAR SAHA
IND
5,5115.0%
7
DHIRENDRA NATH SAHA
IND
4,8084.4%
8
BIJAN BEHARI DAS
IND
4,3263.9%
9
BAIDYA NATH DHARA
IND
4,3193.9%
10
BALAI CHANDRA PAL
3,8753.5%

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 (45th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 1.9% · max 28.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
45th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
197th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 19.7%INC 17.7%CPI 16.7%INC 16.6%BJS 8.4%IND 5.0%OTH 15.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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