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Winner — 1957

NARENDRA PRASAD SINGH
INC· INC
INC 54.2%PSP 23.1%2 others 22.6%
Votes
18,308
54.2% share
Winning margin
10,495
31.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.6%
of 66,699

Kharagpur is a safe seat — NARENDRA PRASAD SINGH won by 31.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARENDRA PRASAD SINGH
18,30854.2%
2
SHARWAN KUMAR YADAV
7,81323.1%
3
AJODHYA PRASAD SAH
IND
4,25712.6%
4
RAMDHANI PD. MANDAL
IND
3,37810.0%

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 (129th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.6% · max 63.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
129th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
69th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.2%PSP 23.1%IND 12.6%IND 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

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