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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1996Reserved (ST)

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Winner — 1996

JAGANNATH ORAON
CPM· Left Front
CPM 54.8%INC 40.3%2 others 4.9%
Votes
60,559
54.8% share
Winning margin
16,009
14.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.9%
of 1,36,671

A clear win with a 14.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGANNATH ORAON
Left Front
60,55954.8%
2
TURI KULE MUNDA
INC
44,55040.3%
3
PHANINDRA LAL MUTSUDDY
BJP
3,6723.3%
4
MAHABIR ORAO
IND
1,7431.6%

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 (7th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 2.0% · max 28.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
7th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
182nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
212th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 54.8%INC 40.3%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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