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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1951

Bankura

Winner — 1951

RAKHAHARI CHATTERJEE
HMS 43.9%CPI 27.7%2 others 28.3%
Votes
10,792
43.9% share
Winning margin
3,987
16.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
44.9%
of 54,749

Bankura is a safe seat — RAKHAHARI CHATTERJEE won by 16.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAKHAHARI CHATTERJEE
10,79243.9%
2
UDAY BHANU GHOSE
6,80527.7%
3
GOKUL BEHARI DAS
6,51626.5%
4
TARAPRASAD SIKDAR
IND
4451.8%

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.

High turnout (50th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.3% · max 20.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
50th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HMS 43.9%CPI 27.7%INC 26.5%OTH 1.8%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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