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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 148 · 1987

Alipore

Winner — 1987

SAUGATA ROY
INC· INC
INC 51.5%CPM 45.9%7 others 2.6%
Votes
36,507
51.5% share
Winning margin
4,026
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
64.9%
of 1,09,145

A clear win with a 5.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAUGATA ROY
INC
36,50751.5%
2
ASHOKE BOSE
Left Front
32,48145.9%
3
RAJAT KUMAR CHAKRABORTI
IND
9991.4%
4
DURGA DUTT AGARWAL
IND
2550.4%
5
NEMAI DEB DUTTA
IND
1780.3%
6
AGARWAL M.P.
IND
1290.2%
7
SURJYA KUMAR BARDHAN
IND
1200.2%
8
SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY
IND
870.1%
9
SWAPAN KUMAR DEY
IND
670.1%

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
5.7%
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
INC 51.5%CPM 45.9%OTH 2.6%

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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Known forDISTRICT
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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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