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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 130 · 1972

Jorabagan

Winner — 1972

ILA ROY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 76.5%CPM 23.5%
Votes
42,631
76.5% share
Winning margin
29,567
53.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
61.1%
of 91,154

Jorabagan is a safe seat — ILA ROY won by 53.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ILA ROY
Congress (R)
42,63176.5%
2
HARAPRASAD CHATTERJEE
Left
13,06423.5%

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.

Average turnout (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
53.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 0.8% · max 60.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
72nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
189th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
272nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 76.5%CPM 23.5%

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?

26 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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