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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 127 · 1951
Chapra
Winner — 1951
SMARAJIT BANDOPADHYA
INC 56.3%IND 20.1%4 others 23.6%
Votes
9,952
56.3% share
Winning margin
6,404
36.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
32.6%
of 54,176
Chapra is a safe seat — SMARAJIT BANDOPADHYA won by 36.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMARAJIT BANDOPADHYA | 9,952 | 56.3% | |
| 2 | NANI GOPAL LAHIRI | IND | 3,548 | 20.1% |
| 3 | AJIT KUMAR BISWAS | 2,647 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | MAHADEB SARKAR | IND | 1,014 | 5.7% |
| 5 | SIBAPROSAD MUHURI | 361 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | SUSHIL KUMAR GUPTA | RRP | 158 | 0.9% |
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 (70th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean36.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.4% · max 71.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
70th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
233rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
56th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.3%IND 20.1%SP 15.0%IND 5.7%OTH 2.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
6 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.