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West Bengal · PC 12 · 1957
Hooghly
Winner — Lok Sabha 1957
PROVAT KAR
CPI 35.0%INC 33.7%1 others 31.3%
Votes
81,329
35.0% share
Winning margin
2,973
1.3% of votes
Total votes cast
2,32,335
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROVAT KAR | 81,329 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | SACHINDRA CHOWDHURY | 78,356 | 33.7% | |
| 3 | NIRMAL CH. CHATTERJEE | 72,650 | 31.3% |
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 (22nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
marginal1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.8% · min 0.8% · max 24.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
22nd of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
37th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 35.0%INC 33.7%HMS 31.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
38 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.