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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 138 · 2021Reserved (SC)

Canning Paschim

Winner — 2021

Paresh Ram Das
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 50.9%BJP 34.7%6 others 14.4%
Votes
1,11,059
50.9% share
Winning margin
35,243
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
84.3%
of 2,58,897

Canning Paschim is a safe seat — Paresh Ram Das won by 16.1%.

Seat history

1 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.57 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Paresh Ram Das
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,11,05950.9%
2
ARNAB ROY
NDA
75,81634.7%
3
MEGHNATH HALDER
IND
13,3906.1%
4
PROTAP CHANDRA MONDAL
11,9085.5%
NOTA
NOTA
3,0321.4%
6
NARAYAN NASKAR
1,9630.9%
7
MAYA BAG
IND
7590.3%
8
GOPAL CHANDRA MANDAL
IND
4270.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (23rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
23rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 50.9%BJP 34.7%IND 6.1%INC 5.5%OTH 1.4%NOTA 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.57 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

24 locations
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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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