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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 181 · 2021

Amta

Winner — 2021

SUKANTA KUMAR PAUL
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 49.1%BJP 36.5%6 others 14.4%
Votes
1,02,445
49.1% share
Winning margin
26,205
12.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
79.7%
of 2,61,962

A clear win with a 12.6% margin.

Seat history

2 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.10 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUKANTA KUMAR PAUL
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,02,44549.1%
2
DEBTANU BHATTACHARYA
NDA
76,24036.5%
3
ASIT MITRA
25,10912.0%
NOTA
NOTA
1,3020.6%
5
BISWANATH DAS
IND
1,2660.6%
6
SANJEEB SANTRA
1,1390.6%
7
RATAN CHANDRA MALICK
IND
7830.4%
8
DILIP KUMAR HAIT
IND
5260.3%

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

Average turnout (222nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 1.9% · max 47.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
222nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
69th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
117th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 49.1%BJP 36.5%INC 12.0%OTH 1.8%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.10 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

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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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