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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 245 · 1969

Kulti

Winner — 1969

TARAK NATH CHAKRABORTY
SSP· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
SSP 60.7%INC 36.5%1 others 2.8%
Votes
20,770
60.7% share
Winning margin
8,295
24.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
49.3%
of 69,448

Kulti is a safe seat — TARAK NATH CHAKRABORTY won by 24.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARAK NATH CHAKRABORTY
Samyukta Socialist Party
20,77060.7%
2
JAYNARAYAN SHARMA
INC
12,47536.5%
3
JAGDISH PATHAK
NDF
9582.8%

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.

Low turnout (242nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
24.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 0.4% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
242nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
24th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 60.7%INC 36.5%OTH 2.8%

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?

4 locations
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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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