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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 265 · 1982

Durgapur-II

Winner — 1982

TARUN CHATTERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 55.1%INC 41.5%3 others 3.4%
Votes
52,687
55.1% share
Winning margin
12,978
13.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.6%
of 1,39,435

A clear win with a 13.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARUN CHATTERJEE
Left Front
52,68755.1%
2
BAREN ROY
INC
39,70941.5%
3
RATH TUDU
IND
1,7851.9%
4
AMAL MAJI
1,3211.4%
5
SARAT CHANDRA SENAPATI
IND
1610.2%

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 (100th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.7% · max 40.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
100th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
127th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
227th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 55.1%INC 41.5%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
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