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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 15 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Raiganj

Winner — 1951

SHYAMA PRASAD BARMAN
Also elected — same seat
GULAM HAMIDUR RAHMAN
INC· 25,085 votes
INC 31.2%INC 30.0%4 others 38.8%
Votes
26,120
31.2% share
Winning margin
13,926
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
39.6%
of 1,05,585

Raiganj is a safe seat — SHYAMA PRASAD BARMAN won by 16.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAMA PRASAD BARMAN
26,12031.2%
2
GULAM HAMIDUR RAHMAN
25,08530.0%
3
SUKUMAR GUHA
FBL(RG)
12,19414.6%
4
ANADI KUMAR RAY
FBL(RG)
10,96313.1%
5
CHAITU SARKAR
6,9418.3%
6
UPENDRA NATH MAJUMDAR
IND
2,4122.9%

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.

High turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 1.9% · max 33.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
41st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
210th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
261st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.2%INC 30.0%FBL(RG) 14.6%FBL(RG) 13.1%CPI 8.3%OTH 2.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cane Furniture🏺Plywood & Allied Products🏺Steel Furniture🏺Tea🏺Wood Carving🏺Wooden Furniture

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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