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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1977

Budge Budge

Winner — 1977

KHITIBHUSAN BURMON
CPM· Left Front
CPM 65.3%INC 11.6%4 others 23.2%
Votes
32,297
65.3% share
Winning margin
26,578
53.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.2%
of 89,604

Budge Budge is a safe seat — KHITIBHUSAN BURMON won by 53.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHITIBHUSAN BURMON
Left Front
32,29765.3%
2
BIPULANANDA GUHA ROY
INC
5,71911.6%
3
DINESH ROY
Janata
4,3508.8%
4
MAFIJADDIN MALLICK
IND
3,8187.7%
5
SAD IMANI BEG
Left Front
2,9676.0%
6
NIMAI CHAND KHANRA
IND
3390.7%

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.

Low turnout (287th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
53.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 2.6% · max 53.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
287th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
120th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 65.3%INC 11.6%JNP 8.8%IND 7.7%CPI 6.0%OTH 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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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