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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 273 · 1971Reserved (SC)

Rajnagar

Winner — 1971

NANDA BAURI
CPM· Left
CPM 38.9%INC 37.3%2 others 23.8%
Votes
10,443
38.9% share
Winning margin
447
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
32.7%
of 81,968

Rajnagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 447 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NANDA BAURI
Left
10,44338.9%
2
NABANI DHAR MANDAL
Congress (R)
9,99637.3%
3
BAURI GOPAL
FBL
5,22719.5%
4
GANDHI BAURI
1,1674.3%

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 (60th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.7% · max 41.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
60th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
51st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 38.9%INC 37.3%FBL 19.5%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

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