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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 148 · 1977

Alipore

Winner — 1977

ASHOKE KUMAR BOSE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 42.3%JNP 23.5%6 others 34.3%
Votes
20,450
42.3% share
Winning margin
9,091
18.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
50.0%
of 96,772

Alipore is a safe seat — ASHOKE KUMAR BOSE won by 18.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHOKE KUMAR BOSE
Left Front
20,45042.3%
2
SALIL BARAN CHATTERJEE
Janata
11,35923.5%
3
KANAI LAL SARKAR
INC
8,76018.1%
4
MANI SANYAL
Left Front
5,94712.3%
5
RATHIN TALUKDAR
IND
1,4603.0%
6
CHITTA RANJAN GHOSH
IND
2220.5%
7
MRITYUNJAY KR. MISHRA
IND
1320.3%
8
HRISHIKESH SARKAR
IND
610.1%

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 (1st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.3% · max 64.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
1st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
206th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 42.3%JNP 23.5%INC 18.1%CPI 12.3%OTH 3.9%

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
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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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