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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Mandirbazar

Winner — 1996

NIKUNJA PAIK
CPM· Left Front
CPM 47.0%INC 45.5%2 others 7.5%
Votes
57,805
47.0% share
Winning margin
1,878
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
83.3%
of 1,47,494

Mandirbazar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,878 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIKUNJA PAIK
Left Front
57,80547.0%
2
TAPAN SARDAR
INC
55,92745.5%
3
RENUPADA HALDER
IND
5,9754.9%
4
CHAITANYA MOHAN JATUA
BJP
3,1872.6%

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 (4th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.2% · max 37.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
4th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
29th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.0%INC 45.5%OTH 7.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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