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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Sagardighi

Winner — 1977

HAZARI BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 35.6%INC 32.7%4 others 31.7%
Votes
11,394
35.6% share
Winning margin
917
2.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.1%
of 72,678

A closely fought contest. HAZARI BISWAS won with a 2.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HAZARI BISWAS
Left Front
11,39435.6%
2
ATUL CHANDRA SARKAR
INC
10,47732.7%
3
JOY CHAND DAS
IND
5,43517.0%
4
RAMENDRA BISWAS
Janata
3,71611.6%
5
ASWINI KUMAR MAHALDAR
IND
8952.8%
6
DWIJAPADA SARKAR
IND
1260.4%

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.

High turnout (53rd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.7% · max 62.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
53rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
24th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
274th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 35.6%INC 32.7%IND 17.0%JNP 11.6%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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