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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 183 · 1957

Bhatpara

Winner — 1957

SITARAM GUPTA
CPI· Left
CPI 39.8%INC 39.0%4 others 21.1%
Votes
9,417
39.8% share
Winning margin
186
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
40.8%
of 57,897

Bhatpara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 186 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SITARAM GUPTA
9,41739.8%
2
DAYARAM BERI
9,23139.0%
3
NIHARENDU DUTTA MAJUMDER
IND
2,82812.0%
4
RAMPRASAD SHA
IND
1,6196.8%
5
BHOLA BHAR
IND
3321.4%
6
GADAI CHANDRA DAS
IND
2150.9%

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 (186th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.8% · max 40.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
186th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
94th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 39.8%INC 39.0%IND 12.0%IND 6.8%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

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