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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 118 · 1967
Bijpur
Winner — 1967
J.C.DAS
CPM· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPM 38.7%INC 35.8%4 others 25.4%
Votes
17,662
38.7% share
Winning margin
1,314
2.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.5%
of 67,572
A closely fought contest. J.C.DAS won with a 2.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.C.DAS | Left | 17,662 | 38.7% |
| 2 | P.GHOSH | INC | 16,348 | 35.8% |
| 3 | N.BHATTACHARYA | Left | 8,468 | 18.6% |
| 4 | S.P.SINHA | IND | 2,020 | 4.4% |
| 5 | P.SINGOTE | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 830 | 1.8% |
| 6 | J.KOIRI | IND | 285 | 0.6% |
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.
Average turnout (84th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 1.0% · max 37.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
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84th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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184th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 38.7%INC 35.8%CPI 18.6%OTH 6.9%
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
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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.