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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 155 · 1969

Panchla

Winner — 1969

KANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYA
FBL· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
FBL 67.0%INC 33.0%
Votes
39,810
67.0% share
Winning margin
20,209
34.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
68.0%
of 87,335

Panchla is a safe seat — KANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYA won by 34.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYA
FBL
39,81067.0%
2
MRITUNJOY BANERJEE
INC
19,60133.0%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.0%
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
FBL 67.0%INC 33.0%

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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