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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1957
Alipur Duars
Winner — 1957
PIJUSH KANTI MUKHERJEE
INC· INC
INC 49.2%IND 34.2%2 others 16.6%
Votes
16,207
49.2% share
Winning margin
4,964
15.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
49.9%
of 65,918
Alipur Duars is a safe seat — PIJUSH KANTI MUKHERJEE won by 15.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIJUSH KANTI MUKHERJEE | 16,207 | 49.2% | |
| 2 | NANI BHATTACHARJA | IND | 11,243 | 34.1% |
| 3 | NILKANTHA ROY | IND | 4,433 | 13.5% |
| 4 | CHITTARANJAN BHATTACHARYA | IND | 1,036 | 3.1% |
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 (96th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean15.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.5% · max 29.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
96th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
263rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
34th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.2%IND 34.1%IND 13.5%OTH 3.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%
What's nearby?
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