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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 286 · 2021
Bolpur
Winner — 2021
SINHA CHANDRANATH
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 50.6%BJP 40.9%8 others 8.5%
Votes
1,16,443
50.6% share
Winning margin
22,280
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
83.0%
of 2,77,455
A clear win with a 9.7% margin.
Seat history
0 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.17 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SINHA CHANDRANATH |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 1,16,443 | 50.6% |
| 2 | ANIRBAN GANGULY | NDA | 94,163 | 40.9% |
| 3 | TAPAN HORE | 9,965 | 4.3% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,337 | 1.4% |
| 5 | SIDDHARTHA BANERJEE | PRDSEP | 1,938 | 0.8% |
| 6 | JITEN RAY | 1,239 | 0.5% | |
| 7 | MIHIR KUMAR BANERJEE | RVNP | 1,169 | 0.5% |
| 8 | SONA MURMU | BMUP | 702 | 0.3% |
| 9 | SAMARJIT BARMAN | 678 | 0.3% | |
| 10 | SK SIRAJUL HOQUE | MPOI | 626 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (114th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 5.3% · max 41.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
114th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
84th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
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10th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 50.6%BJP 40.9%OTH 7.1%NOTA 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
0/9
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.17 Cr
A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%
What's nearby?
17 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.