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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 240 · 1969

Vishnupur

Winner — 1969

SASTHIDAS SARKAR
BAC· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
BAC 53.7%INC 33.8%3 others 12.6%
Votes
22,758
53.7% share
Winning margin
8,437
19.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
62.1%
of 68,280

Vishnupur is a safe seat — SASTHIDAS SARKAR won by 19.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SASTHIDAS SARKAR
BAC
22,75853.7%
2
TILAK CHAND CHAKRABARTI
INC
14,32133.8%
3
KALI KAMAL BASU
NDF
2,6426.2%
4
S.R. KALI PADA SINGHA THA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,4803.5%
5
GOURI SANKAR DAS
1,2042.8%

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 (231st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 3.4% · max 42.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
231st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
54th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 53.7%INC 33.8%NDF 6.2%OTH 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%

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.

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