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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 143 · 2001

Jorasanko

Winner — 2001

SATYA NARAYAN BAJAJ
AITC· AITC + INC
AITC 39.0%FBL 36.9%11 others 24.1%
Votes
14,847
39.0% share
Winning margin
778
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
46.6%
of 81,808

A closely fought contest. SATYA NARAYAN BAJAJ won with a 2.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SATYA NARAYAN BAJAJ
AITC
AITC + INC
14,84739.0%
2
SHYAM SUNDAR GUPTA
FBL
14,06936.9%
3
MANOJ KUMAR PODDAR
BJP
8,07921.2%
4
VIRENDRA KUMAR LUHARIWALA
IND
3180.8%
5
SITARAM SHARMA
SJP(R)
2320.6%
6
RAVI KUMAR SANKER
IND
1600.4%
7
RAVI JAIPURIA
IND
1140.3%
8
ABHOY SANKAR ROY
IND
810.2%
9
RADHYASHYAM RINGHESHYA
IND
610.2%
10
MANOJ SETH
IND
390.1%
11
NARESH CHANDRA SHARMA
IND
390.1%
12
KHALID IRFAN
IND
350.1%
13
MADANLAL AGARWAL
IND
300.1%

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 (105th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
105th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
208th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 39.0%FBL 36.9%BJP 21.2%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?

17 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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