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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 183 · 1969

Arambagh

Winner — 1969

PRAFULLA CHANDRA SEN
INC· INC
INC 61.9%BAC 36.7%3 others 1.5%
Votes
37,495
61.9% share
Winning margin
15,264
25.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
77.8%
of 77,867

Arambagh is a safe seat — PRAFULLA CHANDRA SEN won by 25.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA CHANDRA SEN
INC
37,49561.9%
2
AJOY KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY
BAC
22,23136.7%
3
PARAMJYOTI BRAHMA
IND
4760.8%
4
KHAN PROYAT
PBI
2570.4%
5
S.K. BADAREDDOZA
NDF
1580.3%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.2%
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
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.9%BAC 36.7%OTH 1.5%

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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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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