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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 136 · 1977
Kamarhati
Winner — 1977
RADHIKA RANJAN BANERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 65.2%INC 18.3%2 others 16.5%
Votes
38,746
65.2% share
Winning margin
27,896
46.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.9%
of 1,24,142
Kamarhati is a safe seat — RADHIKA RANJAN BANERJEE won by 46.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RADHIKA RANJAN BANERJEE | Left Front | 38,746 | 65.2% |
| 2 | JAYANTA CHANDRA SEN | INC | 10,850 | 18.3% |
| 3 | JAGAT KUMAR GHOSAL | Janata | 9,721 | 16.4% |
| 4 | AMARENDRA NATH MUKHERJEE | IND | 109 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (28th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe46.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.7% · min 0.5% · max 64.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
28th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
276th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 65.2%INC 18.3%JNP 16.4%OTH 0.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
13 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.