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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 236 · 1962Reserved (ST)
Memari
Winner — 1962
SUCHAND SOREN
CPI· Left
CPI 50.2%INC 49.8%
Votes
17,129
50.2% share
Winning margin
125
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
45.8%
of 74,503
Memari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 125 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (160th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 0.4% · max 29.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
160th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
223rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
173rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.2%INC 49.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
8 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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