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West Bengal · PC 33 · 1999Reserved (ST)
Jhargram
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Rupchand Murmu
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.8%AITC 37.1%3 others 12.1%
Votes
4,02,325
50.8% share
Winning margin
1,08,681
13.7% of votes
Total votes cast
7,91,700
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rupchand Murmu | Left Front | 4,02,325 | 50.8% |
| 2 | Dakhin Murmu |  AITCNDA | 2,93,644 | 37.1% |
| 3 | Murmu Biswanath | JKP(N) | 84,332 | 10.7% |
| 4 | Aloke Kumar Mandi | NDA | 9,592 | 1.2% |
| 5 | Gopi Nath Mandi | 1,807 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (6th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe13.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.4% · min 0.8% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
6th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
24th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
12th of 42How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.8%AITC 37.1%JKP(N) 10.7%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
Figures are for Paschim Medinipur, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
2 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.