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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 282 · 2016

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Winner — 2016

UJJAL CHATTERJEE
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 40.8%BJP 29.3%5 others 29.9%
Votes
68,952
40.8% share
Winning margin
19,488
11.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.3%
of 2,30,360

A clear win with a 11.5% margin.

Seat history

3 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.25 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UJJAL CHATTERJEE
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
68,95240.8%
2
AJAY KUMAR PODDAR
BJP
49,46429.3%
3
ABHIJIT ACHARYYA(BAPPA)
UPA
42,89525.4%
NOTA
NOTA
2,8481.7%
5
MD. SHAKIL ANSARI
1,8961.1%
6
KALLOL RAY
1,6291.0%
7
SAJAL DAS
IND
1,2790.8%

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

Low turnout (263rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.0% · min 0.4% · max 42.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
263rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
248th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
19th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 40.8%BJP 29.3%INC 25.4%OTH 2.8%NOTA 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.25 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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Group of four Ancient Temples

Group of four Ancient Temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of four Ancient Temples

Group of four Ancient Temples

Group of four Ancient Temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of four Ancient Temples

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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