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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 287 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Rajnagar

Winner — 1991

BIJOY BAGDI
FBL
FBL 56.5%BJP 21.7%2 others 21.9%
Votes
52,221
56.5% share
Winning margin
32,170
34.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
68.2%
of 1,35,672

Rajnagar is a safe seat — BIJOY BAGDI won by 34.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIJOY BAGDI
FBL
52,22156.5%
2
PANCHANAN BADYAKAR
BJP
20,05121.7%
3
MANARANJAN SAHA
INC
16,12517.4%
4
FATICK BADYAKAR
CPI(ML)
4,1114.4%

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 (148th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.8% · max 34.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
148th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
151st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
137th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 56.5%BJP 21.7%INC 17.4%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Nakshi KanthaGI🏷️Santiniketan Leather goodsGI

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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