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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 212 · 1971

Kharagpur Local

Winner — 1971

AJIT KUMAR BASU
INC· Congress (R)
INC 38.9%CPI 38.9%4 others 22.2%
Votes
18,547
38.9% share
Winning margin
32
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.9%
of 74,522

Kharagpur Local was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 32 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT KUMAR BASU
Congress (R)
18,54738.9%
2
DEBEN DAS
Left
18,51538.9%
3
SR. SIRAJ ALI
Left
8,12117.1%
4
BIJOY KUMAR MANDAL
1,0462.2%
5
HARIPADA NAIK
JKP
7081.5%
6
PAL KALICHARAN
BAC
7021.5%

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 (156th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.0% · max 26.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
156th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
260th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
284th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.9%CPI 38.9%CPM 17.1%OTH 5.2%

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?

2 locations
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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