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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1977

Berhampore

Winner — 1977

DEBABRATA BANDOPADHYAY
RSP· Left Front
RSP 61.3%INC 26.2%4 others 12.5%
Votes
34,843
61.4% share
Winning margin
19,967
35.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.2%
of 1,02,955

Berhampore is a safe seat — DEBABRATA BANDOPADHYAY won by 35.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEBABRATA BANDOPADHYAY
Left Front
34,84361.4%
2
SUBRATA SAHA
INC
14,87626.2%
3
UMANATH SINHA
Janata
4,3927.7%
4
PRAN RANJAN CHOWDHURY
IND
9641.7%
5
SAMARENDRA NAG
IND
9231.6%
6
JANARDAN GHOSH
IND
7981.4%

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 (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
35.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.7% · max 35.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
17th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.73
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
75th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 61.4%INC 26.2%JNP 7.7%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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