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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 173 · 1977

Bagnan

Winner — 1977

NIRUPAMA CHATTERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 57.2%INC 30.3%3 others 12.6%
Votes
33,729
57.2% share
Winning margin
15,877
26.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.7%
of 91,111

Bagnan is a safe seat — NIRUPAMA CHATTERJEE won by 26.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRUPAMA CHATTERJEE
Left Front
33,72957.2%
2
SUSHANTA BHATTACHARYA
INC
17,85230.3%
3
MANIK MITRA
Janata
7,02711.9%
4
BINADA NANDA BANERJEE
IND
1940.3%
5
SANTA KUMAR POLLEY
IND
1820.3%

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.

Average turnout (218th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.6% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
218th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
153rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 57.2%INC 30.3%JNP 11.9%OTH 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

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