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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | INC | 29,405 | 54.1% |
| 2 | JYOTILAK GUHAROY | 17,672 | 32.5% | |
| 3 | SANT KUMAR DATTA | BJP | 6,573 | 12.1% |
| 4 | SALAUDDIN | DMM | 323 | 0.6% |
| 5 | RAJU ANTHONY | 121 | 0.2% | |
| 6 | INDRANIL KUMAR | IND | 69 | 0.1% |
| 7 | BIKRAM SUR | IND | 62 | 0.1% |
| 8 | KHURSHID ALI AFZAL | IND | 57 | 0.1% |
| 9 | MD. ZAKIR | IND | 48 | 0.1% |
| 10 | BHUBAN BHOWMICK | IND | 26 | 0.1% |
| 11 | ONKAR MAJUMDAR | IND | 9 | 0.0% |
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
safe21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.2% · max 42.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
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178th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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162nd of 294Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.