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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1951

Daspur

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Winner — 1951

MRIGENDRA BHATTACHARIYA
CPI
CPI 36.8%INC 35.5%3 others 27.7%
Votes
10,408
36.8% share
Winning margin
375
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.9%
of 50,586

Daspur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 375 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MRIGENDRA BHATTACHARIYA
CPI
10,40836.8%
2
BHABANIRANJAN PANJA
INC
10,03335.5%
3
REBATIRAMAN MANNA
IND
6,21722.0%
4
ABODHCHANDRA MAITY
IND
9073.2%
5
MONMOTHAKUMAR MUKHOPADHYAYA
KMPP
7012.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (273rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 1.3% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
273rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.16
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
127th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 36.8%INC 35.5%IND 22.0%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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