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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 145 · 1991

Bow Bazar

Winner — 1991

SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY
INC· INC
INC 54.1%JD 32.5%9 others 13.4%
Votes
29,405
54.1% share
Winning margin
11,733
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
52.4%
of 1,03,855

Bow Bazar is a safe seat — SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY won by 21.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY
INC
29,40554.1%
2
JYOTILAK GUHAROY
17,67232.5%
3
SANT KUMAR DATTA
BJP
6,57312.1%
4
SALAUDDIN
DMM
3230.6%
5
RAJU ANTHONY
1210.2%
6
INDRANIL KUMAR
IND
690.1%
7
BIKRAM SUR
IND
620.1%
8
KHURSHID ALI AFZAL
IND
570.1%
9
MD. ZAKIR
IND
480.1%
10
BHUBAN BHOWMICK
IND
260.1%
11
ONKAR MAJUMDAR
IND
90.0%

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 (178th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.2% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
178th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
162nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.1%JD 32.5%BJP 12.1%OTH 1.3%

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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