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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 123 · 2001

Mathurapur

Winner — 2001

KANTI GANGULY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 46.4%AITC 44.7%4 others 8.8%
Votes
64,609
46.4% share
Winning margin
2,381
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
80.8%
of 1,72,153

Mathurapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 2,381 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANTI GANGULY
Left Front
64,60946.4%
2
SATYA RANJAN BAPULI
AITC
62,22844.7%
3
SAHADEV NASKAR
IND
8,2225.9%
4
GOLAM MUSTAFA
BJP
2,5531.8%
5
RAJIB BANERJEE
8040.6%
6
CHITTA RANJAN MANDAL
IND
7350.5%

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 (22nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 1.7% · max 48.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
22nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
64th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.4%AITC 44.7%IND 5.9%OTH 2.9%

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
🏺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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