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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 120 · 1977
Magrahat West
Winner — 1977
CHHOBHAN GAZI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 65.9%INC 26.9%3 others 7.3%
Votes
35,348
65.9% share
Winning margin
20,936
39.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.3%
of 84,731
Magrahat West is a safe seat — CHHOBHAN GAZI won by 39.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHHOBHAN GAZI | Left Front | 35,348 | 65.9% |
| 2 | SUDHENDU MUNDLE | INC | 14,412 | 26.9% |
| 3 | NAZRUL ISLAM SAFUI | Janata | 3,305 | 6.2% |
| 4 | SUBHAS GHOSH | IND | 305 | 0.6% |
| 5 | NURUL HAQUE NASKAR |  MUL | 299 | 0.6% |
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.
High turnout (8th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean39.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.1% · max 39.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
8th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
68th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 65.9%INC 26.9%JNP 6.2%OTH 1.1%
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.