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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 2006

Vidyasagar

Winner — 2006

ANADI KUMAR SAHU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.7%INC 24.7%8 others 25.6%
Votes
28,992
49.7% share
Winning margin
14,576
25.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
59.6%
of 97,897

Vidyasagar is a safe seat — ANADI KUMAR SAHU won by 25.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANADI KUMAR SAHU
Left Front
28,99249.7%
2
PRYAL CHAUDHURY
INC
14,41624.7%
3
DEBRATA BISWAS
AITC
13,49023.1%
4
SURESH DAS
IND
5581.0%
5
AJIT GHOSH
IND
2030.3%
6
SANJIB PANDIT
IND
1610.3%
7
SAJAN BISWAS
IND
1500.3%
8
AJOY KUMAR SAHA
IND
1280.2%
9
SAMIR SHARMA
IND
1260.2%
10
KANAILAL JANA
IND
1190.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.0%
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 49.7%INC 24.7%AITC 23.1%OTH 2.5%

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
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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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