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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1972
Old Agartala
Winner — 1972
SAILESH CHANDRA SOME
INC· Congress (R)
INC 56.8%CPM 24.7%3 others 18.6%
Votes
5,098
56.8% share
Winning margin
2,881
32.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.7%
of 13,067
Old Agartala is a safe seat — SAILESH CHANDRA SOME won by 32.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAILESH CHANDRA SOME | Congress (R) | 5,098 | 56.8% |
| 2 | JAGADISH CHANDRA DEY | Left | 2,217 | 24.7% |
| 3 | KARTIK K. BHATTACHARJEE | IND | 1,070 | 11.9% |
| 4 | CHANDRAMANI DEB BARMA | TUS | 520 | 5.8% |
| 5 | BISWESHAR NATH | IND | 76 | 0.8% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (28th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe32.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.0% · min 2.9% · max 53.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
28th of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
50th of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.8%CPM 24.7%IND 11.9%TUS 5.8%OTH 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,25,739
Density
577 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,993 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population25.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.8%Other 3.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation90.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.1%
Clean cooking fuel65.2%
Health insurance28.1%
What's nearby?
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.