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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 236 · 2024 by-elections
Medinipur
Winner — 2024 by-elections
SUJOY HAZRA
AITC
AITC 54.1%BJP 38.1%3 others 7.8%
Votes
1,15,104
54.1% share
Winning margin
33,996
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Medinipur is a safe seat — SUJOY HAZRA won by 16.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUJOY HAZRA |  AITC | 1,15,104 | 54.1% |
| 2 | SUBHAJIT ROY (BUNTY) | 81,108 | 38.1% | |
| 3 | MANI KUNTAL KHAMRAI | 11,892 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | SHYAMAL KUMAR GHOSH | 3,959 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | NANTU KUILA | IND | 717 | 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.
Average turnout (160th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 0.4% · max 29.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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160th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
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223rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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173rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
12 seats · 7 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 54.1%BJP 38.1%CPI 5.6%OTH 2.2%
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?
8 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.