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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 78 · 2021
Tehatta
Winner — 2021
Tapas Kumar Saha
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 44.9%BJP 41.7%6 others 13.4%
Votes
97,848
44.9% share
Winning margin
6,915
3.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
85.5%
of 2,55,038
A closely fought contest. Tapas Kumar Saha won with a 3.2% margin.
Seat history
3 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.55 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapas Kumar Saha |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 97,848 | 44.9% |
| 2 | Ashutosh Paul | NDA | 90,933 | 41.7% |
| 3 | Subodh Chandra Biswas | 23,239 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Tarak Nath Biswas | 1,876 | 0.9% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,736 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Rabindranath Halder | IND | 1,439 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Surya Biswas | PMPT | 638 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Chiranjit Sardar | IND | 400 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe3.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.1% · max 64.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
225th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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278th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 44.9%BJP 41.7%CPM 10.7%OTH 2.0%NOTA 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/7
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.55 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · 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.