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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 164 · 2021

Beleghata

Winner — 2021

PARESH PAUL
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 65.1%BJP 22.7%12 others 12.2%
Votes
1,03,182
65.1% share
Winning margin
67,140
42.4% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
62.8%
of 2,52,277

Beleghata is a safe seat — PARESH PAUL won by 42.4%.

Seat history

3 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.03 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PARESH PAUL
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,03,18265.1%
2
KASHINATH BISWAS
NDA
36,04222.7%
3
RAJIB BISWAS
14,0458.9%
NOTA
NOTA
1,5641.0%
5
SURENDAR TEWARI
IND
1,1680.7%
6
ARJUN KUMAR DAS
7570.5%
7
SUSOVAN DUTTA
IND
4460.3%
8
SHAHAWAZ AFZAL
IND
4370.3%
9
BAPI PAUL
ABHM
2060.1%
10
RAKESH SHAW
IND
1770.1%
11
TARUN KUMAR DAS
1680.1%
12
AVIJIT GHOSH
IND
1340.1%
13
DIP SANKAR NAIYA
IND
940.1%
14
MANASH CHOWDHURY
IND
860.1%

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

Low turnout (243rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
42.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
243rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
87th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 65.1%BJP 22.7%CPM 8.9%OTH 2.3%NOTA 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.03 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

3 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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