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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 166 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Joynagar

Winner — 1957

SUBODH BANERJEE
IND
Also elected — same seat
RENUPADA HALDER
IND· 16,668 votes
IND 20.4%IND 14.8%8 others 64.8%
Votes
22,933
20.4% share
Winning margin
7,264
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
44.8%
of 1,25,414

A clear win with a 6.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBODH BANERJEE
IND
22,93320.4%
2
RENUPADA HALDER
IND
16,66814.8%
3
SUHRIT GOPAL DATTA
15,66913.9%
4
SAILENDRA NATH HAIDER
IND
14,81913.2%
5
KAZE MOHAMMAD ABDULLA
IND
14,40212.8%
6
DINTARAN MONI
13,14911.7%
7
SREEDHAR CHANDRA MONDAL
IND
4,6664.2%
8
JNANTOSH CHAKRAVARTY
IND
4,1053.6%
9
ANIL MISTRY
IND
3,3333.0%
10
DIBAKAR HALDER
IND
2,6592.4%

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.

Low turnout (276th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 0.4% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
276th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
108th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 20.4%IND 14.8%INC 13.9%IND 13.2%IND 12.8%INC 11.7%OTH 13.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

7 locations
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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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