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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 199 · 1969

Contai South

Winner — 1969

DAS SUDHIR
PSP· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
PSP 57.1%INC 42.9%
Votes
29,776
57.1% share
Winning margin
7,378
14.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
70.3%
of 74,203

A clear win with a 14.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAS SUDHIR
Praja Socialist Party
29,77657.1%
2
SATYABRATA MAITY
INC
22,39842.9%

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 (203rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.4% · max 25.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
203rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
242nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
40th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 57.1%INC 42.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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