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Winner — 1967

C. SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 54.4%INC 42.0%2 others 3.6%
Votes
35,431
54.4% share
Winning margin
8,040
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.4%
of 1,04,544

A clear win with a 12.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C. SINGH
Left
35,43154.4%
2
R. DUTTA
INC
27,39142.0%
3
R. SAH
Praja Socialist Party
1,7292.6%
4
S. A. R. NASTAR
Swatantra Party
6371.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 3.4% · max 46.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
105th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
177th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.3%
lowerhigher
60th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 54.4%INC 42.0%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
58,38,465
Density
1823 / km²
Sex ratio
897 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,202 km²
SC population15.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.7%Muslim 7.5%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity57.1%
Sanitation53.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated56.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.1%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.6%
Health insurance10.2%

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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