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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 87 · 1991

Habra

Winner — 1991

KAMAL SENGUPTA (BOSE)
CPM· Left Front
CPM 40.5%INC 37.9%5 others 21.6%
Votes
50,172
40.5% share
Winning margin
3,142
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
81.2%
of 1,52,758

A closely fought contest. KAMAL SENGUPTA (BOSE) won with a 2.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMAL SENGUPTA (BOSE)
Left Front
50,17240.5%
2
BIMAN DUTTA
INC
47,03037.9%
3
SAMARENDRA NATH CHAKRABARTY
BJP
21,37417.2%
4
KRISHNA PADA PAIK
2,9872.4%
5
NURUL AMIN MONDAL
IND
1,2891.0%
6
KD. NARUZZAMAN
IND
6330.5%
7
GOUTAM BHATTACHARYA
JP
5380.4%

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 (190th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.6% · max 28.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
190th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
250th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
101st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 40.5%INC 37.9%BJP 17.2%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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