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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 34 · 2019 by-electionsReserved (SC)
Kaliaganj
Winner — 2019 by-elections
Tapan Deb Singha
AITC
AITC 45.1%BJP 44.0%4 others 10.9%
Votes
97,428
45.1% share
Winning margin
2,414
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Kaliaganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 2,414 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapan Deb Singha |  AITC | 97,428 | 45.1% |
| 2 | Kamal Chandra Sarkar | 95,014 | 44.0% | |
| 3 | Dhitashri Roy | 18,857 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Darbindu Sarkar | IND | 1,868 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Pradip Kumar Ray | 1,860 | 0.9% | |
| 6 | Jagadish Rajbhar | CPI(ML)(L) | 900 | 0.4% |
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.
High turnout (46th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.4% · max 29.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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46th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
280th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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39th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
11 seats · 6 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 45.1%BJP 44.0%INC 8.7%OTH 2.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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