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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 287 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Rajnagar
Winner — 1996
BIJOY BAGDI
FBL
FBL 54.8%INC 27.5%2 others 17.7%
Votes
55,760
54.8% share
Winning margin
27,834
27.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.3%
of 1,40,608
Rajnagar is a safe seat — BIJOY BAGDI won by 27.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIJOY BAGDI |  FBL | 55,760 | 54.8% |
| 2 | ASESH MONDAL | INC | 27,926 | 27.5% |
| 3 | PANCHANAN BADYAKAR | BJP | 10,910 | 10.7% |
| 4 | FATIK BADYAKAR | IND | 7,088 | 7.0% |
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 (148th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe27.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.8% · max 34.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
148th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
151st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
137th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 54.8%INC 27.5%BJP 10.7%IND 7.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.