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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 97 · 1962
Kulpi
Winner — 1962
HRISHIKESH HALDER
IND
IND 46.8%INC 45.6%4 others 7.6%
Votes
23,339
46.8% share
Winning margin
617
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.8%
of 73,463
Kulpi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 617 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HRISHIKESH HALDER | IND | 23,339 | 46.8% |
| 2 | HANSADHWAJ DHARA | INC | 22,722 | 45.6% |
| 3 | NALINI KANTA PRAMANIK | SUC | 2,900 | 5.8% |
| 4 | SUDHA SINDHU PURKAIT | IND | 343 | 0.7% |
| 5 | AMALENDU BANDYOPADHYAY | IND | 311 | 0.6% |
| 6 | GOLAM RABBANI BAIDYA | IND | 216 | 0.4% |
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.
Average turnout (174th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.4% · max 38.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
174th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
251st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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258th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 46.8%INC 45.6%SUC 5.8%OTH 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.