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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1957

Monteswar

Winner — 1957

BHAKTA CHANDRA ROY
IND
IND 45.1%INC 43.9%1 others 11.1%
Votes
12,900
45.1% share
Winning margin
338
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
47.2%
of 60,708

Monteswar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 338 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAKTA CHANDRA ROY
IND
12,90045.1%
2
ANNADA PRASAD MANDAL
12,56243.9%
3
KALIPADA HAZRA CHOUDHURY
3,16611.1%

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.

High turnout (53rd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.7% · max 62.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
53rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.08
fewer partiesmore parties
24th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
274th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 45.1%INC 43.9%FBM 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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