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West Bengal · PC 37 · 1999Reserved (SC)
Durgapur
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Sunil Khan
CPM· Left Front
CPM 53.2%BJP 39.6%3 others 7.3%
Votes
4,61,940
53.1% share
Winning margin
1,17,963
13.6% of votes
Total votes cast
8,69,091
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunil Khan | Left Front | 4,61,940 | 53.1% |
| 2 | Anil Kumar Saha | NDA | 3,43,977 | 39.6% |
| 3 | Haradhan Mondal | INC | 58,407 | 6.7% |
| 4 | Tara Pada Mandal | IND | 3,222 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Rabindra Nath Saha | IND | 1,545 | 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 (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe13.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.4% · max 36.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
1st of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
6th of 42How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 53.1%BJP 39.6%INC 6.7%OTH 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
Figures are for Bankura, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
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