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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 204 · 1971
Pingla
Winner — 1971
BIJOY DAS
INC· Congress (R)
INC 45.9%CPI 24.5%4 others 29.6%
Votes
24,892
45.9% share
Winning margin
11,638
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.4%
of 73,818
Pingla is a safe seat — BIJOY DAS won by 21.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIJOY DAS | Congress (R) | 24,892 | 45.9% |
| 2 | KAMAKHYANANDAN DAS MAHAPATR | Left | 13,254 | 24.4% |
| 3 | GOURANGA SAMANTA | IND | 11,804 | 21.8% |
| 4 | SUDHIR CHAKRABORTY | BAC | 1,987 | 3.7% |
| 5 | HARI PADAJANA | 1,226 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | PURNA TUDU | JKP | 1,038 | 1.9% |
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 (208th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.6% · max 30.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
208th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
185th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.9%CPI 24.4%IND 21.8%OTH 7.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
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.