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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1957
Kulti
Winner — 1957
BENARASHI PROSAD JHA
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 48.9%INC 28.4%4 others 22.6%
Votes
8,754
48.9% share
Winning margin
3,671
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.6%
of 40,127
Kulti is a safe seat — BENARASHI PROSAD JHA won by 20.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BENARASHI PROSAD JHA | 8,754 | 48.9% | |
| 2 | JOYNARAYAN SHARMA | 5,083 | 28.4% | |
| 3 | MANMATHA CHATTOPADHYA | IND | 1,354 | 7.6% |
| 4 | PASHUPATI ACHARYYA | IND | 1,281 | 7.2% |
| 5 | HARI NATH GHOSH | 1,007 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | GOUR SWARNKAR | IND | 407 | 2.3% |
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 (10th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.1% · max 46.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
10th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.15
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
248th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 48.9%INC 28.4%IND 7.6%IND 7.2%BJS 5.6%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.