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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 203 · 1982 by-elections

Moyna

Winner — 1982 by-elections

P.BERA
CPM 55.9%INC 41.6%2 others 2.5%
Votes
44,503
55.9% share
Winning margin
11,404
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
4

Moyna was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 11,404 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P.BERA
44,5030.0%
2
B.C.DOLAI
33,0990.0%
3
N.JANA
SUC
1,9040.0%
4
A.KALAM
IND
940.0%

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 (170th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
170th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
193rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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?

6 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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