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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 139 · 2009 by-elections
Belgachia East
Winner — 2009 by-elections
Sujit Bose
AITC
AITC 55.9%CPI 40.3%3 others 3.8%
Votes
1,01,689
55.9% share
Winning margin
28,360
15.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Belgachia East is a safe seat — Sujit Bose won by 15.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sujit Bose |  AITC | 1,01,689 | 55.9% |
| 2 | Ramala Chak. | 73,329 | 40.3% | |
| 3 | Ashoke Sarkar | 4,839 | 2.7% | |
| 4 | Subhabrata Roy | IND | 1,038 | 0.6% |
| 5 | Suhas Mondal | IND | 1,035 | 0.6% |
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 (2nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 0.9% · max 38.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
2nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
218th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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170th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
13 seats · 7 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 55.9%CPI 40.3%OTH 3.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
12 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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