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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 57 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

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Winner — 1957

FAKIR CHANDRA ROY
IND
Also elected — same seat
PRAMATHA NATH DHIBAR
FBM· 20,445 votes
IND 28.4%FBM 20.5%4 others 51.1%
Votes
28,380
28.4% share
Winning margin
7,936
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
40.3%
of 1,23,727

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
FAKIR CHANDRA ROY
IND
28,38028.4%
2
PRAMATHA NATH DHIBAR
FBM
20,44520.5%
3
MOHITOSH SAHA
INC
20,44420.5%
4
MOHAMMAD HOSSAIN
INC
19,77019.8%
5
PHANI BHUSAN ROY
IND
6,1106.1%
6
ABDUL MANNAN
IND
4,6774.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (36th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.7% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
36th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.22
fewer partiesmore parties
16th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
116th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 28.4%FBM 20.5%INC 20.5%INC 19.8%IND 6.1%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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