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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 156 · 2011

Budge Budge

Winner — 2011

ASHOK KUMAR DEB
AITC· AITC + INC
AITC 60.0%CPM 32.1%5 others 7.9%
Votes
99,915
60.0% share
Winning margin
46,489
27.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
83.3%
of 1,99,778

Budge Budge is a safe seat — ASHOK KUMAR DEB won by 27.9%.

Seat history

1 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.02 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHOK KUMAR DEB
AITC
AITC + INC
99,91560.0%
2
HRISHIKESH PODDER
Left Front
53,42632.1%
3
ARIFUL ISLAM
BJP
6,2563.8%
4
SHYAMA PRASAD SANTRA
IND
2,6581.6%
5
SK. BASIR ALI
IUC
1,7071.0%
6
MUKUNDA PATLA
1,3020.8%
7
MALOY SANTRA
IND
1,1430.7%

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

Average turnout (106th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 0.1% · max 40.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
106th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
277th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
84th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 60.0%CPM 32.1%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.02 Cr

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?

37 locations
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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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