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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1987Reserved (ST)

Kalchini

Winner — 1987

KHUDIRAM PAHAN
INC· INC
INC 49.4%RSP 45.6%1 others 5.0%
Votes
33,668
49.4% share
Winning margin
2,610
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
63.5%
of 1,07,336

A closely fought contest. KHUDIRAM PAHAN won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KHUDIRAM PAHAN
INC
33,66849.4%
2
MANOHAR TIRKEY
Left Front
31,05845.6%
3
BULURAM PRADHAN
IND
3,3895.0%

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 (244th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.8% · max 36.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
244th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
255th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
91st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.4%RSP 45.6%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%

What's nearby?

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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