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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 50 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Khatra

Winner — 1951

ASHUTOSH MALLIK
Also elected — same seat
AMULYA RATAN GHOSE
HMS· 16,348 votes
INC 19.7%HMS 18.6%6 others 61.7%
Votes
17,303
19.7% share
Winning margin
4,649
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
40.5%
of 1,08,464

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHUTOSH MALLIK
17,30319.7%
2
AMULYA RATAN GHOSE
16,34818.6%
3
KAMAL KRISHNA ROY
12,65414.4%
4
HARI PADA BAURI
11,71713.3%
5
MANIK DUTTA
9,37210.7%
6
KALI BAURI
8,6629.9%
7
KANAILAL DEY
KMPP
5,9816.8%
8
NAKUL CHANDRA MANDAL
KMPP
5,8206.6%

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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.2% · max 43.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
82nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
167th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
67th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 19.7%HMS 18.6%INC 14.4%HMS 13.3%CPI 10.7%CPI 9.9%OTH 13.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

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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.

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