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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 157 · 2003 by-elections

Vidyasagar

Winner — 2003 by-elections

ANADI KUMAR SAHU
CPM 63.4%INC 29.2%6 others 7.4%
Votes
42,321
63.4% share
Winning margin
22,829
34.2% of votes
Total candidates
8

Vidyasagar is a safe seat — ANADI KUMAR SAHU won by 34.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANADI KUMAR SAHU
42,32163.4%
2
MAHUA MONDAL
19,49229.2%
3
ASHOK SINHA
3,5775.4%
4
SURENDRA KUMAR RABI DAS
4230.6%
5
TAMAL SAHA
IND
4140.6%
6
SUKANTO MAJUMDER
IND
1940.3%
7
SAMIR SAHA
IND
1720.3%
8
ABHIJIT NAG
IND
1550.2%

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 (94th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 2.1% · max 60.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
94th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
78th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 63.4%INC 29.2%BJP 5.4%OTH 2.0%

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?

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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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