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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1972
Kakdwip
Winner — 1972
BASUDEB SAUTYA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 59.5%CPM 40.5%
Votes
36,812
59.5% share
Winning margin
11,745
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
70.3%
of 88,052
Kakdwip is a safe seat — BASUDEB SAUTYA won by 19.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASUDEB SAUTYA | Congress (R) | 36,812 | 59.5% |
| 2 | HRISHIKESH MAITY | Left | 25,067 | 40.5% |
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 (287th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 2.6% · max 53.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
287th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
120th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.5%CPM 40.5%
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?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · 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.