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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1987
Kandi
Winner — 1987
SYED WAHED REZA
CPI· Left Front
CPI 42.4%INC 41.0%3 others 16.7%
Votes
41,534
42.4% share
Winning margin
1,403
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.0%
of 1,32,502
Kandi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,403 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SYED WAHED REZA | Left Front | 41,534 | 42.4% |
| 2 | BANKIM TRIVEDI | INC | 40,131 | 41.0% |
| 3 | SINHA BEBASIS | IND | 11,627 | 11.9% |
| 4 | ARDHENDU SAHA | BJP | 3,000 | 3.1% |
| 5 | ABDUL KASEM |  MUL | 1,692 | 1.7% |
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 (246th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 0.9% · max 25.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
246th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.46
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
99th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 42.4%INC 41.0%IND 11.9%OTH 4.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.