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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1971

Raiganj

Winner — 1971

RAMENDRA NATH DUTTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 48.4%CPM 44.3%2 others 7.3%
Votes
23,924
48.4% share
Winning margin
2,007
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
64.6%
of 76,550

A closely fought contest. RAMENDRA NATH DUTTA won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMENDRA NATH DUTTA
Congress (R)
23,92448.4%
2
MANASH ROY
Left
21,91744.3%
3
NISHITHA NATH KUNDU
Grand Alliance
2,2444.5%
4
SIKDAR MOHIT RANIAN
1,3402.7%

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.

High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.1% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
40th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
214th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.4%CPM 44.3%OTH 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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