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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 8 · 2001

Natabari

Winner — 2001

TAMSER ALI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 48.5%AITC 41.8%5 others 9.7%
Votes
59,779
48.5% share
Winning margin
8,254
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
86.3%
of 1,42,849

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TAMSER ALI
Left Front
59,77948.5%
2
RABINDRANATH GHOSH
AITC
51,52541.8%
3
BIMAL KUMAR SARKAR
BJP
5,4604.4%
4
PRADIP KUMAR ROY
IND
2,4512.0%
5
GOPAL CHANDRA ROY
1,9591.6%
6
DALENDRA ROY
AMB
1,2521.0%
7
ACHIRUDDIN AHMED
IND
8660.7%

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.

High turnout (16th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 0.9% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
16th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
237th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
257th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.5%AITC 41.8%OTH 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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