Dataset Overview

This dataset consists of year-wise women candidates contested in assembly election of West Bengal. It consists of other details like constituencies name, age, party name, party symbol, votes secured and the position after final result

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Organisation

Election Commission of India

Sectors

Electoral Statistics

Update Frequency

As and When

Granularity

State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

1269

Number of Columns

Sources

ECI Statistical Reports

Time Period

1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016

Units

general_votes_secured in Absolute Number

postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number

total_votes_secured in Absolute Number

Data Preview

year	state	constituency_name	constituency_number	constituency_type	party_abbreviation	candidate_name	gender	age	candidate_category	party_symbol	general_votes_secured	postal_votes_secured	total_votes_secured	percent_votes_secured	position	result	unit
2021	West Bengal	Uluberia Dakshin	178	General	BJP	Papia Dey (Adhikary)	Female	56	General	Lotus	73363	79	73442	36.31	2	Lost	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Tufanganj	9	General	BJP	Malati Rava Roy	Female	56	Scheduled Caste	Lotus	112609	1894	114503	54.69	1	Won	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Tollyganj	152	General	IND	Anindita Basu	Female	50	General	CUBE	128	5	133	0.07	9	Forfeited Deposit	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Tapan	40	General	AITC	Kalpana Kisku	Female	33	Scheduled Tribe	Flowers and Grass	81939	792	82731	44.41	2	Lost	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Swarupnagar	98	General	AITC	Bina Mondal	Female	45	Scheduled Caste	Flowers and Grass	99438	346	99784	47.11	1	Won	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Sonarpur Uttar	151	General	AITC	Firdousi Begum	Female	42	General	Flowers and Grass	119272	685	119957	49.88	1	Won	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Sonarpur Uttar	151	General	CPI(M)	Monalisa Sinha	Female	39	General	Hammer, Sickle and Star	29152	248	29400	12.22	3	Lost	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Sonarpur Uttar	151	General	CPIM	Monalisa Sinha	Female	39	General	Hammer, Sickle and Star	29152	248	29400	12.22	3	Lost	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Sonarpur Dakshin	147	General	RTORP	Trayee Pradhan	Female	30	General	Pressure Cooker	369	3	372	0.16	11	Forfeited Deposit	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2021	West Bengal	Sonarpur Dakshin	147	General	AITC	Arundhuti Maitra (Lovely)	Female	30	General	Flowers and Grass	108408	814	109222	46.92	1	Won	general_votes_secured in Absolute Number, postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number, total_votes_secured in Absolute Number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	15	0	Number	1269
state	1	0	Text	1269
constituency_name	334	68	Text	1269
constituency_number	277	33	Number	1269
constituency_type	3	0	Text	1267
party_abbreviation	67	25	Text	1269
candidate_name	968	777	Text	1269
gender	1	0	Text	1269
age	48	3	Number	806
candidate_category	3	0	Text	806
party_symbol	61	39	Text	261
general_votes_secured	726	649	Number	806
postal_votes_secured	309	197	Number	805
total_votes_secured	1162	1061	Number	1269
percent_votes_secured	745	580	Number	1098
position	16	0	Number	1269
result	3	0	Text	1269
unit	1	0	Text	1269
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Election Commission of India. Election Year and Constituency-wise Women Candidates Contested in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/14851

Election Year and Constituency-wise Women Candidates Contested in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal