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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 112 · 1962
Alipore
Winner — 1962
SOMNATH LAHIRI
CPI· Left
CPI 58.6%INC 41.4%
Votes
21,070
58.6% share
Winning margin
6,180
17.2% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
65.2%
of 55,122
Alipore is a safe seat — SOMNATH LAHIRI won by 17.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (245th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean17.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.3% · max 46.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
245th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
124th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 58.6%INC 41.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.