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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 27 · 1982
Chopra
Winner — 1982
MAHAMMAD BACHA MUNSHI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.0%INC 47.2%1 others 0.8%
Votes
37,279
52.0% share
Winning margin
3,407
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
78.0%
of 91,952
A closely fought contest. MAHAMMAD BACHA MUNSHI won with a 4.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHAMMAD BACHA MUNSHI | Left Front | 37,279 | 52.0% |
| 2 | SHEIKAH JALALUDDIN | INC | 33,872 | 47.2% |
| 3 | HARIPADA PURBEY | IND | 559 | 0.8% |
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 (74th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 1.0% · max 23.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
74th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
217th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
55th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.0%INC 47.2%OTH 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%
What's nearby?
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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.