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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1977
Ballygunge
Winner — 1977
SACHIN SEN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 43.9%INC 28.1%3 others 28.0%
Votes
23,472
43.9% share
Winning margin
8,432
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
48.8%
of 1,09,675
Ballygunge is a safe seat — SACHIN SEN won by 15.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SACHIN SEN | Left Front | 23,472 | 43.9% |
| 2 | SUBRATA MUKHEREJEE | INC | 15,040 | 28.1% |
| 3 | JYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARYYA | Janata | 14,658 | 27.4% |
| 4 | ZAFAR NAWAB SUNJER | IND | 219 | 0.4% |
| 5 | KARUNA NIDHAN ROY | IND | 137 | 0.3% |
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 (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.9%INC 28.1%JNP 27.4%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.