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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 141 · 1999 by-elections
Shyampukur
Winner — 1999 by-elections
Pulak Chandra Das
AITC
AITC 51.0%FBL 38.2%3 others 10.8%
Votes
31,823
51.0% share
Winning margin
7,977
12.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
A clear win with a 12.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulak Chandra Das |  AITC | 31,823 | 51.0% |
| 2 | Nihar Roy Chowdhury |  FBL | 23,846 | 38.2% |
| 3 | Samir Chakraborty | 5,486 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Gopal Ghosh | IND | 767 | 1.2% |
| 5 | Manoj Chakraborty | IND | 481 | 0.8% |
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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean12.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.6% · max 28.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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62nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
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61st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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279th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 51.0%FBL 38.2%INC 8.8%OTH 2.0%
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?
6 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.