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Tripura · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1988

Dharmanagar

Winner — 1988

KALIDAS DUTTA
INC· INC
INC 52.9%CPM 46.1%2 others 1.0%
Votes
9,505
52.9% share
Winning margin
1,222
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
82.0%
of 21,915

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KALIDAS DUTTA
INC
9,50552.9%
2
AMARENDRA SHARMA
Left
8,28346.1%
3
RANJIT KUMAR SHARMA
BJP
1100.6%
4
PRANAB KUMAR DEB NATH
IND
720.4%

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.

Low turnout (54th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 1.8% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
54th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
41st of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.9%CPM 46.1%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,93,947
Density
341 / km²
Sex ratio
967 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,036 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population25.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.2%Muslim 15.2%Christian 6.3%Buddhist 5.0%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.3%
Electricity54.1%
Sanitation84.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.4%
Children fully vaccinated69.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.2%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.3%
Women literate83.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance28.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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