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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 195 · 1972

Narghat

Winner — 1972

SARDINDU SAMANTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 57.3%CPM 24.9%1 others 17.8%
Votes
30,974
57.3% share
Winning margin
17,535
32.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
67.4%
of 80,135

Narghat is a safe seat — SARDINDU SAMANTA won by 32.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARDINDU SAMANTA
Congress (R)
30,97457.3%
2
SWADES KUMAR MANNA
Left
13,43924.9%
3
BANKIM BEHARI MAITY
IND
9,62617.8%

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 (207th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.2% · min 0.2% · max 64.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
207th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
81st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
60th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.3%CPM 24.9%IND 17.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

4 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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