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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 266 · 1987Reserved (SC)
Kanksa
Winner — 1987
KRISHNA CHANDRA HALDER
CPM· Left Front
CPM 65.5%INC 34.5%
Votes
57,464
65.5% share
Winning margin
27,195
31.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
75.7%
of 1,15,965
Kanksa is a safe seat — KRISHNA CHANDRA HALDER won by 31.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRISHNA CHANDRA HALDER | Left Front | 57,464 | 65.5% |
| 2 | SAMIR KUMAR SAHA | INC | 30,269 | 34.5% |
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 (81st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe31.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 1.4% · max 41.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
81st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
5th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 65.5%INC 34.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%
What's nearby?
14 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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