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West Bengal · PC 23 · 1962

Hooghly

Winner — Lok Sabha 1962

PROVAT KAR
CPI· Left
CPI 34.6%INC 33.8%1 others 31.6%
Votes
1,08,359
34.6% share
Winning margin
2,643
0.8% of votes
Total votes cast
3,12,754
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PROVAT KAR
Left
1,08,35934.6%
2
NIRMAL KUMAR SEN
INC
1,05,71633.8%
3
NIRMAL CH. CHATTERJEE
IND
98,67931.6%

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 (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.8% · max 26.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
41st of 42

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
16th of 42

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
35th of 42

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 34.6%INC 33.8%IND 31.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

Figures are for Kolkata, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

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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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