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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 146 · 1967

Vidyasagar

Winner — 1967

N . C . ROY
CPM· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPM 56.3%INC 41.0%1 others 2.7%
Votes
24,812
56.3% share
Winning margin
6,748
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.8%
of 73,686

Vidyasagar is a safe seat — N . C . ROY won by 15.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N . C . ROY
Left
24,81256.3%
2
D . L . DUTT
INC
18,06441.0%
3
D . K . GUPTA
IND
1,1702.7%

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 (177th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 3.7% · max 42.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
177th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
176th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.3%INC 41.0%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

20 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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