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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 116 · 2006

Budge Budge

Winner — 2006

ASHOK KUMAR DEB
AITC· TMC-led Alliance (2006 Mahajot) (NDA)
AITC 57.1%CPM 37.4%3 others 5.5%
Votes
72,889
57.1% share
Winning margin
25,109
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
79.7%
of 1,60,237

Budge Budge is a safe seat — ASHOK KUMAR DEB won by 19.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHOK KUMAR DEB
AITC
TMC-led Alliance (2006 Mahajot) (NDA)
72,88957.1%
2
RATAN BAGCHI
Left Front
47,78037.4%
3
NIMAI KHANRA
INC
3,9613.1%
4
MALOY SANTRA
IND
1,7591.4%
5
ALOKE DEB
IND
1,2721.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (287th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 2.6% · max 53.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
287th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
120th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 57.1%CPM 37.4%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture
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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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