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West Bengal · PC 20 · 1971

Calcutta North East

Winner — Lok Sabha 1971

HIREN MUKHERJEE
CPI· Left
CPI 40.3%CPM 39.5%1 others 20.1%
Votes
1,13,230
40.3% share
Winning margin
2,291
0.8% of votes
Total votes cast
2,80,659
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HIREN MUKHERJEE
Left
1,13,23040.3%
2
PIYUS KANTI DAS GUPTA
Left
1,10,93939.5%
3
BALAI CHANDRA PAUL
56,49020.1%

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 (12th), 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 10.2% · min 0.4% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
12th of 42

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 42

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
31st of 42

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 40.3%CPM 39.5%NCO 20.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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?

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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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