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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 166 · 1952 by-elections
Burtola
Winner — 1952 by-elections
S.C.R. CHOWDHURY
PSP 64.0%INC 34.7%1 others 1.3%
Votes
12,397
64.0% share
Winning margin
5,667
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Burtola was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 5,667 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total
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.
Low turnout (276th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 0.4% · max 42.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
89%
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276th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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108th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.