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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 25 · 2001
Siliguri
Winner — 2001
ASOK BHATTACHARYA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 48.0%AITC 35.6%6 others 16.4%
Votes
88,110
48.0% share
Winning margin
22,881
12.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
64.5%
of 2,84,405
A clear win with a 12.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASOK BHATTACHARYA | Left Front | 88,110 | 48.0% |
| 2 | PRASANTA NANDY |  AITC | 65,229 | 35.6% |
| 3 | DHRUBA BOMZON | GNLF | 11,138 | 6.1% |
| 4 | GOBINDA CHATTERJEE | BJP | 8,417 | 4.6% |
| 5 | MOHAN CHHETRI | IND | 5,846 | 3.2% |
| 6 | BIMAL DUTTA | 1,964 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | TAPAN CHAKRABORTY | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,660 | 0.9% |
| 8 | GOBINDA SARKAR | IND | 1,067 | 0.6% |
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 (200th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 3.0% · max 41.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
200th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.97
fewer partiesmore parties
289th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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144th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.0%AITC 35.6%GNLF 6.1%OTH 10.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%
What's nearby?
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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.