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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 107 · 1971

Bishnupur West

Winner — 1971

PROVASH CHANDRA ROY
CPM· Left
CPM 58.7%INC 34.6%4 others 6.7%
Votes
33,319
58.7% share
Winning margin
13,692
24.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.3%
of 76,341

Bishnupur West is a safe seat — PROVASH CHANDRA ROY won by 24.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PROVASH CHANDRA ROY
Left
33,31958.7%
2
SHAIK MQUFBUL HAQUE
Congress (R)
19,62734.6%
3
AMAR MAZUMDER
FBL
1,1952.1%
4
ABDUL HANNANMOLLA
IND
1,0921.9%
5
JUGALL CHARAN SANTRA
1,0011.8%
6
AMIYA KANTI MANDAL
BAC
5020.9%

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.

Low turnout (241st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
241st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
159th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 58.7%INC 34.6%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

2 locations
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.

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