Back to West Bengal 2021 map
West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 203 · 2021
Tamluk
Winner — 2021
Saumen Kumar Mahapatra
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 45.9%BJP 45.5%6 others 8.6%
Votes
1,08,243
45.9% share
Winning margin
793
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
87.9%
of 2,68,613
Tamluk was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 793 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
2 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.14 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saumen Kumar Mahapatra |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 1,08,243 | 45.9% |
| 2 | Hare Krishna Bera | NDA | 1,07,450 | 45.5% |
| 3 | Goutam Panda | 14,718 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Jnanananda Roy | 2,756 | 1.2% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,136 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Bhim Patra | IND | 774 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Sandip Batabyal | IND | 762 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Sulalit Mallick | AMB | 192 | 0.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (170th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
170th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
193rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 45.9%BJP 45.5%CPI 6.2%OTH 1.9%NOTA 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/7
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.14 Cr
A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
What's nearby?
6 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bengal PatachitraGI🏺Human Hair (washed)🏺Marine Products🏺Processed cashew nuts
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.