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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 162 · 2014 by-elections
Chowrangee
Winner — 2014 by-elections
Nayna Bandyopadhyay
AITC
AITC 40.1%BJP 25.1%7 others 34.7%
Votes
38,328
40.1% share
Winning margin
14,344
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Chowrangee is a safe seat — Nayna Bandyopadhyay won by 15.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nayna Bandyopadhyay |  AITC | 38,328 | 40.1% |
| 2 | Ritesh Tiwari | 23,984 | 25.1% | |
| 3 | Santosh Kumar Pathak | 23,317 | 24.4% | |
| 4 | Priyaz Ahmad Khan | 8,890 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Sumanta Bhowmick | IND | 268 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Anirban Mukherjee | IND | 233 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Ashish Agarwal | IND | 161 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Mahesh Kumar Sharma | IND | 159 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Ashim Mondal | IND | 139 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (289th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.1% · max 52.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
87%
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289th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
258th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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128th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
8 seats · 5 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 40.1%BJP 25.1%INC 24.4%CPM 9.3%OTH 1.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%
What's nearby?
17 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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