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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1969

Bankura

Winner — 1969

BIRESWAR GHOSH
CPI· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPI 58.3%INC 27.7%4 others 14.0%
Votes
29,711
58.3% share
Winning margin
15,609
30.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.1%
of 86,278

Bankura is a safe seat — BIRESWAR GHOSH won by 30.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRESWAR GHOSH
Left
29,71158.3%
2
SATYANARAYAN MITRA
INC
14,10227.7%
3
BIJOY KUMAR MANDAL
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,3816.6%
4
NAMAI CHANDRA KUNDU
3,1906.3%
5
GOKUL GAURI
3380.7%
6
AMITAVA SENGUPTA
IND
2460.5%

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 (193rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
30.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.0% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
193rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
58th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 58.3%INC 27.7%BJS 6.6%HMS 6.3%OTH 1.1%

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?

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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