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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 120 · 1991

Magrahat West

Winner — 1991

ANURADHA PUTATUNDA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 44.1%INC 40.0%6 others 15.9%
Votes
43,169
44.1% share
Winning margin
3,997
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
77.2%
of 1,26,878

A closely fought contest. ANURADHA PUTATUNDA won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANURADHA PUTATUNDA
Left Front
43,16944.1%
2
ABDUL BASAR LASKAR
INC
39,17240.0%
3
KUMAR KRISHNA MONDAL
BJP
12,41912.7%
4
ABDUR ROUF BAIDYA
IND
1,8081.9%
5
SATTR LASKAR
IND
6730.7%
6
ABDUL HAI LASKAR
IND
4680.5%
7
SAHAJAHAN LASKAR
IND
1140.1%
8
SILADITYA BHATTACHARJEE
IND
780.1%

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.

High turnout (8th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.1% · max 39.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
8th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
68th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 44.1%INC 40.0%BJP 12.7%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

2 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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