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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1987

Sealdah

Winner — 1987

SOMENDRA NATH MITRA
INC· INC
INC 65.7%CPI 33.4%2 others 0.9%
Votes
31,897
65.7% share
Winning margin
15,689
32.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
64.3%
of 75,576

Sealdah is a safe seat — SOMENDRA NATH MITRA won by 32.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOMENDRA NATH MITRA
INC
31,89765.7%
2
NANDA GOPAL BHATTACHARJEE
Left Front
16,20833.4%
3
RAGHUBAR YADAV
IND
2760.6%
4
RAJMON YADAV
IND
1840.4%

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.

Average turnout (106th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 0.1% · max 40.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
106th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
277th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
84th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 65.7%CPI 33.4%OTH 0.9%

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?

37 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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