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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 162 · 2016

Chowrangee

Winner — 2016

NAYNA BANDYOPADHYAY
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 47.3%INC 36.0%7 others 16.8%
Votes
55,119
47.3% share
Winning margin
13,216
11.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
56.2%
of 2,07,400

A clear win with a 11.3% margin.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.27 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAYNA BANDYOPADHYAY
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
55,11947.3%
2
SOMENDRANATH MITRA
UPA
41,90336.0%
3
RITESH TIWARI
BJP
15,70713.5%
NOTA
NOTA
2,1831.9%
5
KARTIK KUMKAR RAY
6120.5%
6
DEBAJYOTI SENGUPTA
IND
3400.3%
7
DIPANKAR DEY
IND
2540.2%
8
SHAHZAD ANWAR
2510.2%
9
ANIRBAN MUKHERJEE
IND
1880.2%

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

Low turnout (289th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.1% · max 52.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
289th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
258th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
128th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 47.3%INC 36.0%BJP 13.5%OTH 1.4%NOTA 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.27 Cr

A 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 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kids wear/ Readymade Garments🏷️Leather goodsGI
Metcalfe Hall

Metcalfe Hall

🏛️MonumentASI

Metcalfe Hall

Metcalfe Hall

Metcalfe Hall

🏛️MonumentASI

Metcalfe Hall

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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