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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1977
Howrah South
Winner — 1977
PRALEY TALUKDAR
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.6%INC 25.8%3 others 21.6%
Votes
25,559
52.6% share
Winning margin
13,007
26.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.9%
of 1,05,817
Howrah South is a safe seat — PRALEY TALUKDAR won by 26.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRALEY TALUKDAR | Left Front | 25,559 | 52.6% |
| 2 | AMBIKA PRASAD BANERJEE | INC | 12,552 | 25.8% |
| 3 | SHANTI KUMAR DAS GUPTA | Janata | 8,518 | 17.5% |
| 4 | JAI JAI RAM SINGH | IND | 1,497 | 3.1% |
| 5 | GANAPATI YADAV | IND | 472 | 1.0% |
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.
Low turnout (243rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 42.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
243rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
87th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.6%INC 25.8%JNP 17.5%OTH 4.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%
What's nearby?
3 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.