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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 142 · 2001

Jorabagan

Winner — 2001

SUDHANGSHU SEAL
CPM· Left Front
CPM 41.5%AITC 36.2%11 others 22.3%
Votes
18,738
41.5% share
Winning margin
2,402
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
44.8%
of 1,00,672

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUDHANGSHU SEAL
Left Front
18,73841.5%
2
SANJOY BAKSHI
AITC
16,33636.2%
3
SHANTI LAL JAIN
BJP
8,72119.3%
4
GOPAL TIWARI
IND
4691.0%
5
SWAPAN KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
2810.6%
6
AJIT CHOWDHURY
IND
1600.3%
7
SUBHASH ROY
IND
1280.3%
8
SUBHAS CHANDRA SHARMA
IND
780.2%
9
NARAYAN CHATTERJEE
IND
560.1%
10
JAG NARAYAN SINGH
IND
450.1%
11
DINESH KUMAR RATERIA
IND
390.1%
12
BIRENDRA KUMAR MODI
IND
390.1%
13
BISWABASU MUKHERJEE
IND
310.1%

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.

Average turnout (113th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.7% · max 54.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
113th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
93rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
225th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 41.5%AITC 36.2%BJP 19.3%OTH 2.9%

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?

5 locations
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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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