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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 211 · 2021

Chandipur

Winner — 2021

Soham Chakraborty
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 49.8%BJP 43.7%6 others 6.5%
Votes
1,09,770
49.8% share
Winning margin
13,472
6.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
89.3%
of 2,46,782

A clear win with a 6.1% margin.

Seat history

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

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Soham Chakraborty
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,09,77049.8%
2
Pulak Kanti Guria
NDA
96,29843.7%
3
Ashis Kumar Guchhait
9,8374.5%
4
Bikash Chandra Das
WBSP
1,3650.6%
5
Biswanath Ghorai
1,2540.6%
NOTA
NOTA
7360.3%
7
Arup Kumar Sahoo
IND
5920.3%
8
Swapan Kumar Bhowmik
4750.2%

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

Average turnout (132nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 4.7% · max 62.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
132nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
254th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
292nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 49.8%BJP 43.7%OTH 6.1%NOTA 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.10 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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