Back to West Bengal 2001 map
West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 2001

Ballygunge

Winner — 2001

RABIN DEB
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.4%AITC 44.7%7 others 7.9%
Votes
59,931
47.4% share
Winning margin
3,349
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
57.8%
of 2,18,925

A closely fought contest. RABIN DEB won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RABIN DEB
Left Front
59,93147.4%
2
KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR
AITC
56,58244.7%
3
MD. IQBAL AHMED
BJP
4,5383.6%
4
TAPAS BOSE
IND
1,6471.3%
5
UTTAM DAS
IND
1,0320.8%
6
ASIM KUMAR DEY
9060.7%
7
RANJIT DEY
IND
8380.7%
8
DILIP ROY
IND
6490.5%
9
RANJIT BARUA
IND
4220.3%

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.

Low turnout (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.4%AITC 44.7%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25