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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 141 · 1971

Ballygunge

Winner — 1971

SUBRATA MUKHOBADHAYA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 48.6%WPI 38.4%3 others 12.9%
Votes
17,655
48.6% share
Winning margin
3,712
10.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.0%
of 71,118

A clear win with a 10.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBRATA MUKHOBADHAYA
Congress (R)
17,65548.6%
2
JYOTIBHUSAN BHATTACHARYA
WPI
13,94338.4%
3
NILRATAN SINHA
3,5419.8%
4
MENOKA BASU ROY
SUC
7041.9%
5
UMA SANKER ROY
4491.2%

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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.6% · max 28.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
62nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
279th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.6%WPI 38.4%RSP 9.8%OTH 3.2%

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?

6 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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