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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 107 · 1972
Bishnupur West
Winner — 1972
PROVASH CHANDRA ROY
CPM· Left
CPM 49.3%INC 48.2%1 others 2.5%
Votes
28,540
49.3% share
Winning margin
595
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
73.1%
of 79,209
Bishnupur West was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 595 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROVASH CHANDRA ROY | Left | 28,540 | 49.3% |
| 2 | SHAIK MOQUEBUL HAQUE | Congress (R) | 27,945 | 48.2% |
| 3 | JUGAL CHARAN SANTRA | 1,440 | 2.5% |
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
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
241st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
159th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.3%INC 48.2%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.