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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 242 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Indas

Winner — 1967

P . C . MAL
BAC· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
BAC 68.7%INC 31.3%
Votes
24,501
68.7% share
Winning margin
13,319
37.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
53.4%
of 66,814

Indas is a safe seat — P . C . MAL won by 37.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P . C . MAL
BAC
24,50168.7%
2
S . SANTRA
INC
11,18231.3%

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 (238th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
37.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 2.7% · max 37.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
238th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
131st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 68.7%INC 31.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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