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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 208 · 2021

Mahisadal

Winner — 2021

TILAK KUMAR CHAKRABORTY
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 46.5%BJP 45.4%5 others 8.1%
Votes
1,01,986
46.5% share
Winning margin
2,386
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
88.6%
of 2,47,634

Mahisadal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 2,386 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.21 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TILAK KUMAR CHAKRABORTY
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,01,98646.5%
2
BISWANATH BANERJEE
NDA
99,60045.4%
3
BIKRAM CHATTERJEE
RSSCMJP
13,7966.3%
NOTA
NOTA
1,7650.8%
5
TAPAN KUMAR MAITY
9820.5%
6
PHAJLUR RAHAMAN SEK
IND
7880.4%
7
KOUSHIK DAS
IND
4380.2%

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

Average turnout (154th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 24.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
154th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
285th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.5%BJP 45.4%RSSCMJP 6.3%OTH 1.0%NOTA 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.21 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?

1 location
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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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