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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1957
Budge Budge
Winner — 1957
BANKIM MUKHERJI
CPI· Left
CPI 51.5%INC 35.5%1 others 13.0%
Votes
18,443
51.5% share
Winning margin
5,735
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
54.9%
of 65,206
Budge Budge is a safe seat — BANKIM MUKHERJI won by 16.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANKIM MUKHERJI | 18,443 | 51.5% | |
| 2 | ABU MOHAMMED AKHTARUZAMAN | 12,708 | 35.5% | |
| 3 | MANMATHA ROY | IND | 4,653 | 13.0% |
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.
Average turnout (94th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 2.1% · max 60.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
94th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
78th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 51.5%INC 35.5%IND 13.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
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.