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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 22 · 2001
Kalimpong
Winner — 2001
GOULAN LEPCHA
GNLF· AITC + INC
GNLF 57.7%IND 29.9%2 others 12.4%
Votes
51,983
57.7% share
Winning margin
25,004
27.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
59.5%
of 1,51,385
Kalimpong is a safe seat — GOULAN LEPCHA won by 27.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOULAN LEPCHA | GNLF AITC + INC | 51,983 | 57.7% |
| 2 | NORDEN LAMA | IND | 26,979 | 29.9% |
| 3 | MOHAN SINGH RAI (DUKHUN) | Left Front | 6,380 | 7.1% |
| 4 | CHATER LESLIE JOHN | BJP | 4,803 | 5.3% |
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 (293rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe27.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 27.9% · min 0.9% · max 84.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
293rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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28th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GNLF 57.7%IND 29.9%CPI 7.1%BJP 5.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.