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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1987Reserved (ST)

Mal

Winner — 1987

MOHANLAL ORAON
CPM· Left Front
CPM 57.1%INC 34.4%4 others 8.5%
Votes
39,564
57.1% share
Winning margin
15,695
22.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,09,328

Mal is a safe seat — MOHANLAL ORAON won by 22.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHANLAL ORAON
Left Front
39,56457.1%
2
AAO KALANDI
INC
23,86934.4%
3
BIRYA LAKRA
IND
2,8664.1%
4
SOMRA ORAON
IND
2,2243.2%
5
SUKMAN TIRKEY
IND
5780.8%
6
ARJUN ORAON
IND
2010.3%

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.

High turnout (7th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 2.0% · max 28.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
7th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
182nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
212th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 57.1%INC 34.4%OTH 8.5%

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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