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West Bengal · PC 11 · 1989

Krishnagar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1989

AJOY MUKHERJEE
CPM· National Front
CPM 46.3%INC 44.1%7 others 9.6%
Votes
3,45,359
46.3% share
Winning margin
16,153
2.2% of votes
Total votes cast
7,45,810
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJOY MUKHERJEE
National Front
3,45,35946.3%
2
BHATTACHARYA JYOTIRMOY(NITU)
INC
3,29,20644.1%
3
ARIJIT MITRA
IND
23,2243.1%
4
RANJIT KUMAR GHOSH
BJP
19,7682.6%
5
SHAIKH KHODA BOX
IND
18,4482.5%
6
PATIT PABAN BISWAS
4,1910.6%
7
DHIRENDRA NATH SARKAR
IND
2,2610.3%
8
ARUN MONDAL
IND
1,8130.2%
9
SHYMAMAL SAHA
IND
1,5400.2%

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 (17th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.1% · max 28.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
17th of 42

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 42

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
21st of 42

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.3%INC 44.1%OTH 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

36 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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