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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 82 · 1987

Chakdaha

Winner — 1987

SUBHASH BASU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 56.9%INC 40.1%2 others 2.9%
Votes
67,632
56.9% share
Winning margin
19,932
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.1%
of 1,48,336

Chakdaha is a safe seat — SUBHASH BASU won by 16.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBHASH BASU
Left Front
67,63256.9%
2
SANTANU BHOWAMIK
INC
47,70040.1%
3
BINOY BISWAS
IND
3,3112.8%
4
GOURI SHANKAR DAS
IND
1850.2%

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 (256th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
256th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
140th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.9%INC 40.1%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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