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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 226 · 1996Reserved (ST)

Keshiari

Winner — 1996

MAHESWAR MURMU
CPM· Left Front
CPM 67.0%INC 25.2%2 others 7.8%
Votes
82,366
67.0% share
Winning margin
51,331
41.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
86.4%
of 1,42,371

Keshiari is a safe seat — MAHESWAR MURMU won by 41.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHESWAR MURMU
Left Front
82,36667.0%
2
GOURI TUDU
INC
31,03525.2%
3
MANMATHA NATH SINGH
BJP
8,8907.2%
4
MANGAL BASKE
AMB
7260.6%

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.

Average turnout (165th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
41.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.5% · min 4.2% · max 41.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
165th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
229th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
241st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 67.0%INC 25.2%BJP 7.2%OTH 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%

What's nearby?

10 locations
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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