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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 273 · 2001
Raina
Winner — 2001
SHYAMA PROSAD PAL
CPM· Left Front
CPM 61.1%AITC 30.3%3 others 8.6%
Votes
78,297
61.1% share
Winning margin
39,544
30.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
80.6%
of 1,58,923
Raina is a safe seat — SHYAMA PROSAD PAL won by 30.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHYAMA PROSAD PAL | Left Front | 78,297 | 61.1% |
| 2 | ARUP KUMAR DAS |  AITC | 38,753 | 30.3% |
| 3 | ASHOK SANTRA | BJP | 6,467 | 5.0% |
| 4 | NIRMAL KANTI GHOSH | PDS | 3,039 | 2.4% |
| 5 | SOMNATH KARFA | IND | 1,534 | 1.2% |
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.
Average turnout (60th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.7% · max 41.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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60th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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51st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 61.1%AITC 30.3%BJP 5.0%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%
What's nearby?
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