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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Sagardighi
Winner — 1962
AMBIKA CHARAN DAS
INC· INC
INC 61.0%IND 18.4%3 others 20.7%
Votes
11,594
61.0% share
Winning margin
8,105
42.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
28.6%
of 66,475
Sagardighi is a safe seat — AMBIKA CHARAN DAS won by 42.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMBIKA CHARAN DAS | INC | 11,594 | 61.0% |
| 2 | KUBER CHAND HALDAR | IND | 3,489 | 18.4% |
| 3 | DWARAKA NATH BARMAN | Praja Socialist Party | 2,087 | 11.0% |
| 4 | PHAKIR CHANDRA HALDAR | IND | 1,455 | 7.7% |
| 5 | WIJAPADA SARKAR | IND | 386 | 2.0% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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.
High turnout (56th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe42.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.7% · min 0.8% · max 67.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
56th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
196th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.0%IND 18.4%PSP 11.0%IND 7.7%OTH 2.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.