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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 143 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Joynagar

Winner — 1951

SUBODH BANERJEE
IND
Also elected — same seat
DINTARAN MONI
IND· 12,265 votes
IND 15.6%IND 13.5%11 others 70.9%
Votes
14,244
15.6% share
Winning margin
2,555
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
40.3%
of 1,13,036

A closely fought contest. SUBODH BANERJEE won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBODH BANERJEE
IND
14,24415.6%
2
DINTARAN MONI
IND
12,26513.5%
3
DHIRENDRA NATH MONDAL
11,68912.8%
4
HARI SANKAR CHATTERJI
10,36811.4%
5
MUKBUL NASKAR
IND
10,25411.3%
6
DHRUBA CHAND HALDER
8,7839.6%
7
ANIL MISTRI
5,7836.3%
8
BIPIN CHANDRA SAHA
IND
4,6345.1%
9
BEJOY KUMAR CHATTOPADHAYA
IND
4,3014.7%
10
WAZEDALI AKHOND
IND
3,0243.3%
11
UDDHABCHANDRA MONDAL
IND
2,3522.6%
12
MONIRUDDIN AHMAD
IND
2,1782.4%
13
GANGA PROSAD SARKAR
RRP
1,1901.3%

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 (105th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
105th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
208th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 15.6%IND 13.5%BJS 12.8%INC 11.4%IND 11.3%INC 9.6%OTH 25.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

17 locations
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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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