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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1964 by-elections

Hanskhali

Winner — 1964 by-elections

R.K.MALLICK
INC 51.0%IND 28.2%2 others 20.8%
Votes
18,206
51.0% share
Winning margin
8,147
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
4

Hanskhali was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 8,147 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.K.MALLICK
18,2060.0%
2
J.N.MANDAL
IND
10,0590.0%
3
N.SARKAR
6,5020.0%
4
B.M.SARKAR
IND
9200.0%

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 (61st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
61st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
199th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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?

33 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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