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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 229 · 1977Reserved (ST)

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Winner — 1977

BUDHADEB SINGH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 24.4%JNP 18.2%6 others 57.4%
Votes
9,872
24.4% share
Winning margin
2,528
6.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
50.4%
of 80,219

A clear win with a 6.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BUDHADEB SINGH
Left Front
9,87224.4%
2
SUBODH HANSDA
Janata
7,34418.2%
3
LEBA TUDU
IND
7,07117.5%
4
SANKAR TUDU
INC
5,38213.3%
5
PURNA CHANDRA SAREN
Left Front
4,70411.6%
6
JAGATPATI HANSDA
IND
2,1685.4%
7
BIRENDRA NATH MURMU
IND
2,1625.3%
8
KISHNU MURMU
JKD
1,7174.3%

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 (166th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.8% · min 1.2% · max 41.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
166th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
191st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
245th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 24.4%JNP 18.2%IND 17.5%INC 13.3%CPI 11.6%IND 5.4%OTH 9.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%

What's nearby?

22 locations
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.

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