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West Bengal · PC 1 · 1971Reserved (SC)
Cooch Behar
Winner — Lok Sabha 1971
BENOY KRISHNA DASCHOWDHURY
INC· INC
INC 43.4%CPM 23.1%3 others 33.5%
Votes
1,50,869
43.4% share
Winning margin
70,604
20.3% of votes
Total votes cast
3,47,758
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BENOY KRISHNA DASCHOWDHURY | INC | 1,50,869 | 43.4% |
| 2 | NAGENDRA NATH ROY | Left | 80,265 | 23.1% |
| 3 | AMARENDRANATH ROY PRODHAN |  FBL | 77,090 | 22.2% |
| 4 | PRASENJIT BARMAN | 34,874 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | RABINDRANATH SARKER | IND | 4,660 | 1.3% |
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 (11th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean20.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 2.4% · max 29.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
11th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
17th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.4%CPM 23.1%FBL 22.2%NCO 10.0%OTH 1.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
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