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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 168 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Canning

Winner — 1957

ABDUS SHOKUR
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
KHAGENDA NATH NASKAR
INC· 29,779 votes
INC 30.5%INC 28.6%3 others 40.8%
Votes
31,756
30.5% share
Winning margin
10,564
10.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
37.9%
of 1,37,375

A clear win with a 10.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABDUS SHOKUR
31,75630.5%
2
KHAGENDA NATH NASKAR
29,77928.6%
3
MANIK LAL DUTTA
21,19220.4%
4
LALIT KUMAR SINHA
15,49114.9%
5
DHIRENDRA NATH MONDAL
IND
5,7955.6%

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 (269th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.1% · max 36.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
269th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
106th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.5%INC 28.6%CPI 20.4%CPI 14.9%IND 5.6%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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