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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1991

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Winner — 1991

PRABHAT ACHARYA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 34.7%INC 32.5%2 others 32.7%
Votes
37,462
34.7% share
Winning margin
2,393
2.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
78.1%
of 1,38,018

A closely fought contest. PRABHAT ACHARYA won with a 2.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRABHAT ACHARYA
Left Front
37,46234.7%
2
PRADIP KAR
INC
35,06932.5%
3
TAPAN SIKDAR
BJP
35,05032.5%
4
RAGHUPATI BHATTACHARYYA
IND
2390.2%

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.

Average turnout (95th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.6% · max 38.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
95th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
273rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 34.7%INC 32.5%BJP 32.5%OTH 0.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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