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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 146 · 1982

Chowringhee

Winner — 1982

SISIR KUMAR BOSE
INC· INC
INC 55.7%CPM 36.9%6 others 7.4%
Votes
30,316
55.7% share
Winning margin
10,253
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
54.7%
of 99,507

Chowringhee is a safe seat — SISIR KUMAR BOSE won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SISIR KUMAR BOSE
INC
30,31655.7%
2
ZAHURUL HOQUE
Left Front
20,06336.9%
3
SANDIP DAS
1,2682.3%
4
LACHMAN DAS DASWANI
IND
1,2322.3%
5
BENOY SANKAR SINHA ROY
7281.3%
6
PRAVASH CHANDRA SHYAM
IND
5040.9%
7
NAWAB KHAN WARYAH
IND
2490.5%
8
ANANGA MOHAN ASH
IND
740.1%

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 (177th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 3.7% · max 42.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
177th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
176th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.7%CPM 36.9%OTH 7.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

20 locations
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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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