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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 43 · 1967

Manikchak

Winner — 1967

R.S.SINGHI
SWA 50.3%INC 26.1%3 others 23.7%
Votes
18,728
50.3% share
Winning margin
9,019
24.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
53.6%
of 69,435

Manikchak is a safe seat — R.S.SINGHI won by 24.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.S.SINGHI
Swatantra Party
18,72850.3%
2
P.JHA
INC
9,70926.1%
3
S.C.DAS
Left
4,25611.4%
4
S.K.BUKSH
IND
2,8747.7%
5
B.PATHAK
IND
1,6794.5%

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 (71st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.5% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
71st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
264th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
81st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 50.3%INC 26.1%CPI 11.4%IND 7.7%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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