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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 144 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Sankrail
Winner — 1962
DULAL CHANDRA MONDAL
CPI· Left
CPI 50.4%INC 48.2%1 others 1.5%
Votes
19,551
50.4% share
Winning margin
853
2.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.7%
of 65,074
A closely fought contest. DULAL CHANDRA MONDAL won with a 2.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DULAL CHANDRA MONDAL | Left | 19,551 | 50.4% |
| 2 | NITYANANDA BHUNIYA | INC | 18,698 | 48.2% |
| 3 | BALAI MALICK | Praja Socialist Party | 576 | 1.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (283rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe2.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 1.9% · max 75.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
283rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.82
fewer partiesmore parties
294th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
281st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.4%INC 48.2%OTH 1.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
18 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.