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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 224 · 2019 by-elections
Kharagpur Sadar
Winner — 2019 by-elections
PRADIP SARKAR
AITC
AITC 48.2%BJP 34.4%6 others 17.4%
Votes
72,893
48.2% share
Winning margin
20,853
13.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
A clear win with a 13.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRADIP SARKAR |  AITC | 72,893 | 48.2% |
| 2 | PREM CHANDRA JHA | 52,040 | 34.4% | |
| 3 | CHITTARANJAN MANDAL | 22,631 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | MATA PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 1,273 | 0.8% |
| 5 | PRADIP KUMAR PATNAIK | IND | 762 | 0.5% |
| 6 | MD. IBRAR | IND | 685 | 0.5% |
| 7 | DEBAYAN PATTY | 573 | 0.4% | |
| 8 | RINA DEY | BNARP | 397 | 0.3% |
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 (270th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 2.2% · max 23.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
270th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
214th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
111th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
11 seats · 6 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 48.2%BJP 34.4%INC 15.0%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.