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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 2016

Tollygunj

Winner — 2016

AROOP BISWAS
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 46.7%CPM 41.6%7 others 11.6%
Votes
90,603
46.7% share
Winning margin
9,896
5.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
75.2%
of 2,57,702

A clear win with a 5.1% margin.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.13 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AROOP BISWAS
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
90,60346.7%
2
MADHUJA SEN ROY
UPA
80,70741.6%
3
N. MOHAN RAO
BJP
14,8447.7%
NOTA
NOTA
3,7191.9%
5
DR. DIPANKAR SARKAR
IND
1,6290.8%
6
MANOJIT MAITY
1,0320.5%
7
DEBASHIS DAS
IND
5720.3%
8
RAJKUMAR BASAK
5710.3%
9
JAGANNATH SAHA
IND
2160.1%

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

Low turnout (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.7%CPM 41.6%BJP 7.7%OTH 2.1%NOTA 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.13 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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