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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 158 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Bishnupur
Winner — 1957
PROVASH CHANDRA ROY
CPI· Left
Also elected — same seat
RABINDRA NATH ROY
CPI· 28,476 votes
CPI 21.7%CPI 21.7%8 others 56.6%
Votes
28,585
21.8% share
Winning margin
2,060
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
48.7%
of 1,34,993
Bishnupur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 2,060 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROVASH CHANDRA ROY | 28,585 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | RABINDRA NATH ROY | 28,476 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | SANTILATA MONDAL | 26,525 | 20.2% | |
| 4 | JUGAL CHARAN SANTRA | 24,872 | 18.9% | |
| 5 | HARAN ALI SEPOI | IND | 8,273 | 6.3% |
| 6 | SATISH CHANDRA SAMATA | IND | 3,848 | 2.9% |
| 7 | BASANTA KUMAR MAL | IND | 3,352 | 2.5% |
| 8 | BHOLA NATH BISWAS | IND | 3,162 | 2.4% |
| 9 | HARISHIKESH NASKAR | IND | 2,823 | 2.1% |
| 10 | PANCHU GOPAL SARKAR | IND | 1,538 | 1.2% |
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 (267th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.5% · min 1.6% · max 45.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
267th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
292nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 21.8%CPI 21.7%INC 20.2%INC 18.9%IND 6.3%OTH 11.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.