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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 149 · 1987
Rashbehari Avenue
Winner — 1987
HOIMI BASU
INC· INC
INC 54.5%CPM 42.5%4 others 3.0%
Votes
38,180
54.5% share
Winning margin
8,378
12.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
64.5%
of 1,08,698
A clear win with a 12.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOIMI BASU | INC | 38,180 | 54.5% |
| 2 | ARUN PROKAS CHATTERJEE | Left Front | 29,802 | 42.5% |
| 3 | DIBYENDU BISWAS | IND | 1,208 | 1.7% |
| 4 | T.S. SRINIVASAN | IND | 466 | 0.7% |
| 5 | KALYAN HALDAR | IND | 279 | 0.4% |
| 6 | ANIL KUMAR BANERJEE | IND | 135 | 0.2% |
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.
Low turnout (253rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe12.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.3% · min 4.2% · max 42.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
253rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
107th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
115th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.5%CPM 42.5%OTH 3.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.