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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1957

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Winner — 1957

KHAGENDRA NATH DAS
INC· INC
INC 51.8%CPI 48.2%
Votes
18,745
51.8% share
Winning margin
1,288
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
60.2%
of 60,126

A closely fought contest. KHAGENDRA NATH DAS won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHAGENDRA NATH DAS
18,74551.8%
2
JYOTISH CHANDRA ROY
17,45748.2%

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 (279th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 0.6% · max 49.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
279th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
287th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
251st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.8%CPI 48.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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