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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Bagdaha

Winner — 1972

APURBA LAL MAZUMDER
IND
IND 63.3%CPM 36.7%
Votes
24,769
63.3% share
Winning margin
10,422
26.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
60.0%
of 65,185

Bagdaha is a safe seat — APURBA LAL MAZUMDER won by 26.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
APURBA LAL MAZUMDER
IND
24,76963.3%
2
KANTI CHANDRA BISWAS
Left
14,34736.7%

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 (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.1% · max 64.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
225th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
278th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 63.3%CPM 36.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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