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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 128 · 1991

Bijpur

Winner — 1991

JAGADISH CHANDRA DAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.6%INC 38.0%6 others 9.4%
Votes
54,448
52.6% share
Winning margin
15,066
14.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
73.6%
of 1,40,690

A clear win with a 14.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGADISH CHANDRA DAS
Left Front
54,44852.6%
2
MIMALANDA DATTA
INC
39,38238.0%
3
JAGADISHWAR SINGH
BJP
7,9007.6%
4
ADITYA SARKAR
6010.6%
5
AMBIKA PRASAD
JP
4300.4%
6
SHYAMAL DUTTA
IND
3000.3%
7
MISHRI SHARMA
IND
2770.3%
8
ASHIS AICH ROY
IND
2380.2%

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 (26th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 0.4% · max 58.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
26th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
200th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.6%INC 38.0%BJP 7.6%OTH 1.8%

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?

18 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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