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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1991Reserved (ST)
Gajol
Winner — 1991
DEBNATH MURMU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.4%INC 26.4%4 others 26.2%
Votes
49,595
47.4% share
Winning margin
22,026
21.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
76.7%
of 1,36,260
Gajol is a safe seat — DEBNATH MURMU won by 21.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEBNATH MURMU | Left Front | 49,595 | 47.4% |
| 2 | NABAKUMAR HEMBRAM | INC | 27,569 | 26.4% |
| 3 | SHYAM MURMU | BJP | 24,895 | 23.8% |
| 4 | LALU HANSDA | IND | 1,402 | 1.3% |
| 5 | MANGLU MURMU | 564 | 0.5% | |
| 6 | DATALA MARDI | IND | 519 | 0.5% |
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 (51st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean21.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.9% · max 28.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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51st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
240th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
125th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.4%INC 26.4%BJP 23.8%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,76,276
Density
755 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population28.8%
ST population16.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 24.6%Other 1.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity42.4%
Sanitation36.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.4%
Children fully vaccinated92.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER82.0%
Women literate74.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Clean cooking fuel28.7%
Health insurance28.3%
What's nearby?
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