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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 127 · 1962

Vidyasagar

Winner — 1962

NARAYAN CHANDRA ROY
CPI· Left
CPI 54.3%INC 45.7%
Votes
20,134
54.3% share
Winning margin
3,180
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
64.6%
of 57,429

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARAYAN CHANDRA ROY
Left
20,13454.3%
2
B. HALDAR
INC
16,95445.7%

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
lean
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.4% · max 71.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
70th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
233rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
56th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 54.3%INC 45.7%

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?

6 locations
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.

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