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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1991

Ballygunge

Winner — 1991

SACHIN SEN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.2%INC 43.4%5 others 9.5%
Votes
53,959
47.2% share
Winning margin
4,348
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.7%
of 1,76,889

A closely fought contest. SACHIN SEN won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SACHIN SEN
Left Front
53,95947.2%
2
SUSOBHAN BASU
INC
49,61143.4%
3
JAHARLAL CHATTERJEE
BJP
9,6368.4%
4
DURGA CHATTERJEE
WPI
5140.5%
5
BHUSAN MANDAL
IND
3180.3%
6
RANJIT KUMAR DEY
IND
2300.2%
7
ARABINDA SEN
IND
1470.1%

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.

Low turnout (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.2%INC 43.4%BJP 8.4%OTH 1.1%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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