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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 48 · 2021

Ratua

Winner — 2021

Samar Mukherjee
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 59.6%BJP 25.1%8 others 15.3%
Votes
1,30,674
59.6% share
Winning margin
75,650
34.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
76.9%
of 2,84,977

Ratua is a safe seat — Samar Mukherjee won by 34.5%.

Seat history

0 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.39 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Samar Mukherjee
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,30,67459.6%
2
Abishek Singhania
NDA
55,02425.1%
3
Khatun Najema
16,1737.4%
4
Payel Khatun
IND
8,6283.9%
5
Arafat Ali
WPOI
2,1021.0%
NOTA
NOTA
2,0510.9%
7
Chaitanya Rabidas
1,6820.8%
8
Ashok Chowdhury
IND
1,3870.6%
9
Sabina Easmin
IND
8560.4%
10
Sk Israil
IND
5710.3%

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

Average turnout (133rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 1.7% · max 58.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
133rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
189th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 59.6%BJP 25.1%INC 7.4%OTH 6.9%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/9

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.39 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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