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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 2001

Vidyasagar

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Winner — 2001

LAKSHMI KANTA DEY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 51.5%AITC 45.6%7 others 2.8%
Votes
33,994
51.5% share
Winning margin
3,891
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.8%
of 1,20,442

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHMI KANTA DEY
CPM
Left Front
33,99451.5%
2
MAHUA MONDAL
AITC
30,10345.6%
3
BHAGWAN DAS AGARWAL
IND
5270.8%
4
SEPHALI RANI SAHA
IND
4650.7%
5
LAKSHMI NARAYAN BISWAS
IND
2000.3%
6
RATNA BOSE
IND
1750.3%
7
SASHI AGARWAL
IND
1730.3%
8
JITENDRA NATH BANERJEE
IND
1710.3%
9
DIPAK SEN
IND
1390.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (94th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 2.1% · max 60.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
94th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
78th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 51.5%AITC 45.6%OTH 2.8%

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
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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.

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