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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 284 · 1977
Bolpur
Winner — 1977
JYOTSNA KUMAR GUPTA
RSP· Left Front
RSP 41.4%INC 26.1%3 others 32.5%
Votes
15,330
41.4% share
Winning margin
5,654
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.1%
of 75,484
Bolpur is a safe seat — JYOTSNA KUMAR GUPTA won by 15.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JYOTSNA KUMAR GUPTA | Left Front | 15,330 | 41.4% |
| 2 | GEURHARI CHANDRA | INC | 9,676 | 26.1% |
| 3 | ANIL KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY | Janata | 7,053 | 19.0% |
| 4 | KRISHNAPADA SINHA ROY | Left Front | 3,064 | 8.3% |
| 5 | BIRENDRA CHANDRA GHOSH | IND | 1,913 | 5.2% |
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 (93rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 1.7% · max 38.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
93rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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44th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 41.4%INC 26.1%JNP 19.0%CPI 8.3%IND 5.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%
What's nearby?
6 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Nakshi KanthaGI🏷️Santiniketan Leather goodsGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.