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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 188 · 2007 by-electionsReserved (SC)
Balagarh
Winner — 2007 by-elections
Bhuban Pramanick
CPM 45.9%AITC 39.5%3 others 14.7%
Votes
60,101
45.9% share
Winning margin
8,410
6.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
A clear win with a 6.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhuban Pramanick | 60,101 | 45.9% | |
| 2 | Ashim Majhi |  AITC | 51,691 | 39.5% |
| 3 | Bangshi Routh | 8,833 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Biswanath Malik | 5,864 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Goutam Mondal | CPI(ML) | 4,530 | 3.5% |
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 (162nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe6.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 4.6% · max 44.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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162nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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100th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 45.9%AITC 39.5%BJP 6.7%OTH 7.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%
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.