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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 252 · 2002 by-elections
Onda
Winner — 2002 by-elections
TARAPADA CHAJRABARTI
FBL
FBL 72.2%AITC 14.6%2 others 13.2%
Votes
79,228
72.2% share
Winning margin
63,267
57.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Onda is a safe seat — TARAPADA CHAJRABARTI won by 57.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TARAPADA CHAJRABARTI |  FBL | 79,228 | 72.2% |
| 2 | SABYASACHI BANDYOPADHYAY |  AITC | 15,961 | 14.6% |
| 3 | BRAJABASI BISWAS | 10,933 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | GANESH SINGHA THAKUR | IND | 3,567 | 3.3% |
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 (232nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean57.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.5% · max 35.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
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232nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
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8th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 72.2%AITC 14.6%INC 10.0%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️BaluchariGI🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏷️Terracotta CraftGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.