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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Manbazar

Winner — 1957

SATYA KINKAR MAHATO
IND
Also elected — same seat
CHAITAN MAJHI
IND· 20,995 votes
IND 30.9%IND 30.8%2 others 38.3%
Votes
21,095
30.9% share
Winning margin
8,011
11.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
34.7%
of 98,273

A clear win with a 11.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SATYA KINKAR MAHATO
IND
21,09530.9%
2
CHAITAN MAJHI
IND
20,99530.8%
3
ATUL CHANDA MAHATO
13,08419.2%
4
NADIA CHAND MAJHI
13,05219.1%

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.

Average turnout (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 30.9%IND 30.8%INC 19.2%INC 19.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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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