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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 111 · 1977
Bishnupur West
Winner — 1977
PROVESH CHANDRA RAY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 62.7%INC 18.5%3 others 18.8%
Votes
34,620
62.7% share
Winning margin
24,429
44.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.5%
of 81,781
Bishnupur West is a safe seat — PROVESH CHANDRA RAY won by 44.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROVESH CHANDRA RAY | Left Front | 34,620 | 62.7% |
| 2 | MOAUE HAQUE SHAIK | INC | 10,191 | 18.5% |
| 3 | JUGAL CHARAN SANTRA | Janata | 10,011 | 18.1% |
| 4 | SAMSUDDIN MISTRY | IND | 267 | 0.5% |
| 5 | AMIYA KANTI DAS | IND | 112 | 0.2% |
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 (223rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean44.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.8% · max 44.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
223rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
72nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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204th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 62.7%INC 18.5%JNP 18.1%OTH 0.7%
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.