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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 87 · 1977

Habra

Winner — 1977

NIRODE ROY CHOWDHURY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 54.0%INC 31.1%3 others 14.9%
Votes
29,676
54.0% share
Winning margin
12,614
23.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
59.1%
of 92,890

Habra is a safe seat — NIRODE ROY CHOWDHURY won by 23.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRODE ROY CHOWDHURY
Left Front
29,67654.0%
2
KRISHNADAS CHATTOPADHYAY
INC
17,06231.1%
3
PARITOSH SARKAR
Janata
7,00712.8%
4
NARAYAN CHANDRA DAS
IND
6081.1%
5
KALYANBRATA ROY
5771.1%

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 (190th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.6% · max 28.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
190th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
250th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
101st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 54.0%INC 31.1%JNP 12.8%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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