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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 209 · 1971

Salbani

Winner — 1971

SUNDAAR HAZRA
CPM· Left
CPM 26.5%CPI 20.1%6 others 53.5%
Votes
12,697
26.4% share
Winning margin
3,069
6.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.4%
of 70,149

A clear win with a 6.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUNDAAR HAZRA
Left
12,69726.4%
2
THAKUR DAS MAHATA
Left
9,62820.1%
3
BIRENDRA NATHHEMBRAM
JKP
7,10014.8%
4
AMULYA RATAN MAHATA
BAC
6,72414.0%
5
NIRANJAN KHAMRAY
Congress (R)
6,25213.0%
6
BAIDYA NATH OJHA
3,2266.7%
7
CHUNARAM MURMU
IND
1,4593.0%
8
NITAI CHANBRA GHOSE
IND
9101.9%

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 (90th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 6.4% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
90th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
175th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
268th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 26.4%CPI 20.1%JKP 14.8%BAC 14.0%INC 13.0%NCO 6.7%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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