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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1967
Memari
Winner — 1967
P . BISHAYEE
INC· INC
INC 49.5%CPM 47.6%2 others 2.8%
Votes
23,101
49.5% share
Winning margin
884
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
63.6%
of 73,313
Memari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 884 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P . BISHAYEE | INC | 23,101 | 49.5% |
| 2 | B . K . KONAR | Left | 22,217 | 47.6% |
| 3 | K . CHAKRABORTY |  FBL | 667 | 1.4% |
| 4 | H . GEN | Praja Socialist Party | 657 | 1.4% |
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 (107th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.3% · min 0.2% · max 63.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
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107th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
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92nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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192nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.5%CPM 47.6%OTH 2.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%
What's nearby?
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