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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 155 · 1967

Shibpur

Winner — 1967

M . BANERJEE
INC· INC
INC 37.5%FBL 35.0%1 others 27.6%
Votes
19,617
37.5% share
Winning margin
1,305
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
66.4%
of 78,863

A closely fought contest. M . BANERJEE won with a 2.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M . BANERJEE
INC
19,61737.5%
2
K . BHATTACHARYA
FBL
18,31235.0%
3
H . MITRA
Left
14,44627.6%

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 (124th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.5% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
124th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
223rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.5%FBL 35.0%CPM 27.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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