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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 198 · 2021

Tarakeswar

Winner — 2021

RAMENDU SINHARAY
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 47.0%BJP 43.3%4 others 9.7%
Votes
96,698
47.0% share
Winning margin
7,484
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
85.3%
of 2,41,488

A closely fought contest. RAMENDU SINHARAY won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history

2 of 5 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.57 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMENDU SINHARAY
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
96,69847.0%
2
Dr. Swapan Dasgupta
NDA
89,21443.3%
3
SURAJIT GHOSH
14,5957.1%
NOTA
NOTA
2,7521.3%
5
Sanju Chakraborty
1,6970.8%
6
Sukumar Khanra
IND
9610.5%

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

Average turnout (143rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 2.0% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
171st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 47.0%BJP 43.3%CPM 7.1%OTH 1.3%NOTA 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/5

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.57 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

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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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