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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1987

Howrah South

Winner — 1987

MRITYUNJOY BANERJEE
INC· INC
INC 52.0%CPM 46.6%3 others 1.4%
Votes
41,139
52.0% share
Winning margin
4,244
5.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
66.2%
of 1,19,527

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MRITYUNJOY BANERJEE
INC
41,13952.0%
2
PRALAY TALUKDAR
Left Front
36,89546.6%
3
JAYANTA BANERJEE
ICS(SCS)
5720.7%
4
RANJIT KUMAR CHATTERJEE
IND
2930.4%
5
SOUMYA BANDYOPADHYAY
IND
2780.3%

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
safe
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 2.2% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
243rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
87th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.0%CPM 46.6%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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 locations
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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