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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 183 · 1977
Singur
Winner — 1977
GOPAL BANDNOPADHYAY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.1%IND 23.1%3 others 26.8%
Votes
29,358
50.1% share
Winning margin
15,817
27.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.2%
of 84,628
Singur is a safe seat — GOPAL BANDNOPADHYAY won by 27.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOPAL BANDNOPADHYAY | Left Front | 29,358 | 50.1% |
| 2 | TARAPADA SADHUKHAN | IND | 13,541 | 23.1% |
| 3 | BHOTNATH BHATTACHARYYA | IND | 6,670 | 11.4% |
| 4 | PROBHAKAR PAL | Janata | 6,043 | 10.3% |
| 5 | GOPAL CHANDRA DAS | Left Front | 2,985 | 5.1% |
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 (186th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean27.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.8% · max 40.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
186th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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94th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.1%IND 23.1%IND 11.4%JNP 10.3%CPI 5.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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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