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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 82 · 2001

Chakdaha

Winner — 2001

SATYASADHAN CHAKRABORTY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.8%AITC 41.3%3 others 8.9%
Votes
95,980
49.8% share
Winning margin
16,500
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
81.5%
of 2,36,442

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SATYASADHAN CHAKRABORTY
Left Front
95,98049.8%
2
GOURI SANKAR DUTTA
AITC
79,48041.3%
3
SUBHAS BASU
PDS
7,4023.8%
4
PANKAJ ROY
BJP
5,7333.0%
5
SUSIL KUMAR SARKAR
4,0462.1%

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 (256th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
256th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
140th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.8%AITC 41.3%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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