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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 161 · 2021

Ballygunge

Winner — 2021

Subrata Mukherjee
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 70.6%BJP 20.7%10 others 8.7%
Votes
1,06,585
70.6% share
Winning margin
75,359
49.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
60.7%
of 2,48,660

Ballygunge is a safe seat — Subrata Mukherjee won by 49.9%.

Seat history

2 of 11 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Subrata Mukherjee
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,06,58570.6%
2
LOKENATH CHATTERJEE
NDA
31,22620.7%
3
Dr. Fuad Halim
8,4745.6%
NOTA
NOTA
1,3170.9%
5
Rajendra Ram Das
8120.5%
6
KAUSHIK GHOSHAL
IND
6430.4%
7
CHHANDA SAHA
BNARP
5800.4%
8
ANIRBAN SAHA
PMPT
5410.4%
9
ZUBIN RASHID
IND
2580.2%
10
SANTANU SAHA
IND
2130.1%
11
AMITAVA DUTTA
IND
1950.1%
12
SEKH SADIK HUSSAIN
UTSAP
1180.1%

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

Low turnout (279th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
49.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 0.6% · max 49.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
279th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
287th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
251st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 70.6%BJP 20.7%CPM 5.6%OTH 2.2%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/11

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 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?

2 locations
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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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