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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1996
Vidyasagar
Winner — 1996
TAPAS ROY
INC· INC
INC 50.9%CPM 42.2%7 others 6.9%
Votes
38,065
50.9% share
Winning margin
6,494
8.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
64.3%
of 1,16,434
A clear win with a 8.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAPAS ROY | INC | 38,065 | 50.9% |
| 2 | ABIR LAL MUKHERJEE | Left Front | 31,571 | 42.2% |
| 3 | SANTI NATH GHOSH | BJP | 3,640 | 4.9% |
| 4 | KAMAL ANSARI | 781 | 1.0% | |
| 5 | MD. SHAWKAT ALI | IND | 314 | 0.4% |
| 6 | LAKSHMI MONDAL | IND | 159 | 0.2% |
| 7 | ANANTA JANA | IND | 124 | 0.2% |
| 8 | MD. ZAHID HUSSAIN | IND | 89 | 0.1% |
| 9 | BIPLAB DHAR | IND | 85 | 0.1% |
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 (94th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe8.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 2.1% · max 60.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
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94th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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78th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.9%CPM 42.2%OTH 6.9%
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?
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.