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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1977Reserved (ST)

Phansidewa

Winner — 1977

PATRAS MINZ
CPM· Left Front
CPM 41.9%JNP 26.9%2 others 31.2%
Votes
20,819
41.9% share
Winning margin
7,465
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.6%
of 98,127

Phansidewa is a safe seat — PATRAS MINZ won by 15.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATRAS MINZ
Left Front
20,81941.9%
2
CHACKO TARESA SORENG
Janata
13,35426.9%
3
ISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEY
INC
11,96924.1%
4
BESRA RAMESH
Left Front
3,5507.1%

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 (239th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 3.3% · max 39.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
239th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.99
fewer partiesmore parties
288th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
175th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 41.9%JNP 26.9%INC 24.1%CPI 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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