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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 57 · 2000 by-elections

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Winner — 2000 by-elections

Nripen Chaudhuri
CPM 49.7%INC 43.1%3 others 7.2%
Votes
62,648
49.7% share
Winning margin
8,309
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
5

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Nripen Chaudhuri
62,64849.7%
2
Syamal Ray
54,33943.1%
3
Nirmal Kumar Dutta
AITC
8,7076.9%
4
Pranab Ghosh
IND
1840.1%
5
Debasish Sarkar
IND
1220.1%

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.

High turnout (36th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.7% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
36th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.22
fewer partiesmore parties
16th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.7%INC 43.1%AITC 6.9%OTH 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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