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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 167 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Ghatal

Winner — 1962

NAGEN DOLAI
CPI· Left
CPI 58.9%INC 41.1%
Votes
24,446
58.9% share
Winning margin
7,370
17.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
54.1%
of 76,707

Ghatal is a safe seat — NAGEN DOLAI won by 17.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGEN DOLAI
Left
24,44658.9%
2
HARENDRA NATH DOLUI
INC
17,07641.1%

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.

Low turnout (251st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
251st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
158th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 58.9%INC 41.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

4 locations
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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.

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