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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 105 · 2001Reserved (SC)

Canning West

Winner — 2001

GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR
AITC· AITC + INC
AITC 44.9%CPM 41.2%5 others 13.9%
Votes
60,581
44.9% share
Winning margin
4,958
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
72.4%
of 1,86,385

A closely fought contest. GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR won with a 3.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR
AITC
AITC + INC
60,58144.9%
2
BIMAL MISTRY
Left Front
55,62341.2%
3
BADAL SARDAR
IND
8,2466.1%
4
MANOJ MONDAL
BJP
5,6014.2%
5
ARNAB ROY
IND
3,0142.2%
6
DHIMAN CHANDRA SARDAR
PDS
9860.7%
7
MONORANJAN HALDER
8480.6%

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.

Low turnout (257th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.5% · max 47.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
257th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
270th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
92nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 44.9%CPM 41.2%IND 6.1%OTH 7.7%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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