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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 253 · 1977
Vishnupur
Winner — 1977
ACHINTYA KRISHNA ROY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.2%INC 25.8%2 others 22.0%
Votes
22,511
52.2% share
Winning margin
11,412
26.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
56.1%
of 76,815
Vishnupur is a safe seat — ACHINTYA KRISHNA ROY won by 26.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACHINTYA KRISHNA ROY | Left Front | 22,511 | 52.2% |
| 2 | ARDHENDU MITRA | INC | 11,099 | 25.8% |
| 3 | JANARDHAN MISRA | Janata | 9,109 | 21.1% |
| 4 | DWARKADAS RATHI | IND | 383 | 0.9% |
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.
Average turnout (181st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.3% · max 37.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
181st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
43rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.2%INC 25.8%JNP 21.1%OTH 0.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
6 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️BaluchariGI🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏷️Terracotta CraftGI
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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.