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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 290 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Mayureswar
Winner — 1996
DHIREN LET
CPM· Left Front
CPM 56.3%BJP 24.6%2 others 19.1%
Votes
57,791
56.3% share
Winning margin
32,518
31.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
78.4%
of 1,31,010
Mayureswar is a safe seat — DHIREN LET won by 31.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHIREN LET | Left Front | 57,791 | 56.3% |
| 2 | ARJUN SAHA | BJP | 25,273 | 24.6% |
| 3 | ANIMA BHUIMALI | INC | 19,015 | 18.5% |
| 4 | GAJAL DALUI | IND | 624 | 0.6% |
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 (123rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe31.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.0% · min 4.1% · max 33.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
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123rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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42nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.3%BJP 24.6%INC 18.5%OTH 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏷️Nakshi KanthaGI🏷️Santiniketan Leather goodsGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.