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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 162 · 2005 (Feb)
Kharagpur
Winner — 2005 (Feb)
SHANTI DEVI
RJD· RJD
RJD 55.2%JD(U) 20.0%6 others 24.8%
Votes
58,052
55.2% share
Winning margin
37,061
35.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
47.4%
of 2,21,971
Kharagpur is a safe seat — SHANTI DEVI won by 35.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHANTI DEVI | RJD | 58,052 | 55.2% |
| 2 | ANANTA KUMAR SATYARTHI | NDA | 20,991 | 20.0% |
| 3 | SHAMSHER JANG BAHADUR SINGH | 16,190 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | ANITA DEVI | IND | 3,633 | 3.5% |
| 5 | OM PRAKASH SAHNI | BSP | 2,123 | 2.0% |
| 6 | ASHOK YADAV | IND | 1,574 | 1.5% |
| 7 | SUMAN PASWAN | IND | 1,553 | 1.5% |
| 8 | DEVENDRA RAGHAV | IND | 1,035 | 1.0% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (50th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean35.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 3.8% · max 30.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
50th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.6%
lowerhigher
31st of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
243 seats · 122 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RJD 55.2%JD(U) 20.0%LJP 15.4%OTH 9.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.