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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 186 · 1977
Chinsurah
Winner — 1977
SAMBHU CHARAN GHOSH
FBL
FBL 61.8%INC 18.3%3 others 19.9%
Votes
28,632
61.8% share
Winning margin
20,133
43.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
53.3%
of 86,933
Chinsurah is a safe seat — SAMBHU CHARAN GHOSH won by 43.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMBHU CHARAN GHOSH |  FBL | 28,632 | 61.8% |
| 2 | ADHYAPAK CHANDRA KUMAR DEY | INC | 8,499 | 18.3% |
| 3 | MANIK CHANDRA CHANDA | Janata | 5,885 | 12.7% |
| 4 | ADHYAPAK TARASANKAR CHATTOPADHYA | IND | 2,287 | 4.9% |
| 5 | NEPAL LAL CHOWDHURY | IND | 1,049 | 2.3% |
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 (261st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean43.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.9% · max 43.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
261st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
70th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 61.8%INC 18.3%JNP 12.7%OTH 7.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%
What's nearby?
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