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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1987
Palashipara
Winner — 1987
MADHABENDU MOHANTA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 51.5%INC 36.0%7 others 12.5%
Votes
47,275
51.5% share
Winning margin
14,198
15.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
78.6%
of 1,16,856
Palashipara is a safe seat — MADHABENDU MOHANTA won by 15.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MADHABENDU MOHANTA | Left Front | 47,275 | 51.5% |
| 2 | KUMARESH CHANDRA BISWAS | INC | 33,077 | 36.0% |
| 3 | KHADA RAY SHAIKH | SUC | 7,666 | 8.3% |
| 4 | AGARWALA BISWANATH | IND | 2,103 | 2.3% |
| 5 | ALI MOULANA JABER |  MUL | 828 | 0.9% |
| 6 | HALADHAR PRAMANICK | IND | 281 | 0.3% |
| 7 | SK. ABDUL KUDDUS | IND | 266 | 0.3% |
| 8 | RANJIT KUMAR BASU | IND | 161 | 0.2% |
| 9 | PARESH ROY | IND | 142 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 51.5%INC 36.0%SUC 8.3%OTH 4.1%
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
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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.