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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1971
Jagatballavpur
Winner — 1971
TARAPADA DEY
CPM· Left
CPM 56.9%INC 24.5%4 others 18.6%
Votes
27,541
56.9% share
Winning margin
15,686
32.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.7%
of 72,542
Jagatballavpur is a safe seat — TARAPADA DEY won by 32.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TARAPADA DEY | Left | 27,541 | 56.9% |
| 2 | PANNA LAL SIT | Congress (R) | 11,855 | 24.5% |
| 3 | CHITTA RANJAN KHANNA | 3,548 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | MOLLA AZIZUL KARIM | IND | 3,190 | 6.6% |
| 5 | GOUR CHANDRA BAG | BAC | 1,722 | 3.6% |
| 6 | ARUN KUMAR BAG | Grand Alliance | 533 | 1.1% |
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 (94th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe32.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 2.1% · max 60.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
94th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
78th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.9%INC 24.5%NCO 7.3%IND 6.6%OTH 4.7%
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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.