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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 224 · 1982

Kharagpur Town

Winner — 1982

GYAN SINGH SOHANPAL
ICS
ICS 52.5%CPM 40.8%4 others 6.6%
Votes
29,134
52.5% share
Winning margin
6,489
11.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.4%
of 91,794

A clear win with a 11.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GYAN SINGH SOHANPAL
ICS
29,13452.5%
2
JATIN MITRA
Left Front
22,64540.8%
3
PRADIP KUMAR PATNAIK
2,7925.0%
4
SWADESH RANJAN BAG
IND
4150.8%
5
T. KABU RAO
IND
2590.5%
6
INDRA MISHRA
IND
2030.4%

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 (270th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 2.2% · max 23.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
270th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
214th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
111th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ICS 52.5%CPM 40.8%BJP 5.0%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bengal PatachitraGI🏺Fabricated Steel Products🏺Madur (Mat) & Mat products🏺Sabai grass-based handicraft🏺Sal leaf based products

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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