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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 150 · 1984 by-elections

Tollygunge

Winner — 1984 by-elections

A.N.BHATTACHARYA
INC 51.5%CPM 47.6%1 others 0.9%
Votes
40,680
51.5% share
Winning margin
3,092
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Tollygunge was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 3,092 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A.N.BHATTACHARYA
40,6800.0%
2
L.C.SEN
37,5880.0%
3
S.CHATTERJEE
IND
6880.0%

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.

Low turnout (274th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.3% · max 25.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
274th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.79
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
98th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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