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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 133 · 1971
Bow Bazar
Winner — 1971
BIJOY SINGH NAHAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 60.7%CPM 30.4%2 others 8.9%
Votes
20,839
60.7% share
Winning margin
10,390
30.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
42.2%
of 81,300
Bow Bazar is a safe seat — BIJOY SINGH NAHAR won by 30.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIJOY SINGH NAHAR | Congress (R) | 20,839 | 60.7% |
| 2 | HASIM ABDUL HALIM | Left | 10,449 | 30.4% |
| 3 | JNANENDRA BANERJEE | Grand Alliance | 2,070 | 6.0% |
| 4 | GUHA THAKURTA RABINDRA NATH |  FBL | 979 | 2.9% |
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.
High turnout (55th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.2% · max 45.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
55th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
177th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.7%CPM 30.4%BJS 6.0%OTH 2.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
19 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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