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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 148 · 2001
Alipore
Winner — 2001
TAPAS PAUL
AITC· AITC + INC
AITC 58.5%CPM 32.6%7 others 8.9%
Votes
41,719
58.5% share
Winning margin
18,518
26.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
51.5%
of 1,38,472
Alipore is a safe seat — TAPAS PAUL won by 26.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAPAS PAUL |  AITCAITC + INC | 41,719 | 58.5% |
| 2 | MIRA BHOWMICK | Left Front | 23,201 | 32.5% |
| 3 | KALLOL GANGULY | BJP | 3,894 | 5.5% |
| 4 | JAYATU DESHMUKH | CPI(ML)(L) | 932 | 1.3% |
| 5 | SUBRATA DAS | IND | 431 | 0.6% |
| 6 | SARAT KUMAR MUKHERJEE | PDS | 315 | 0.4% |
| 7 | PARESH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 293 | 0.4% |
| 8 | SANJIT CHATTERJEE | IND | 284 | 0.4% |
| 9 | DEB KUMAR DAS | IND | 205 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (1st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.3% · max 64.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
1st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
206th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 58.5%CPM 32.5%BJP 5.5%OTH 3.5%
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?
6 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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