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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 151 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Mathurapur

Winner — 1951

BHUSAN CHANDRA DAS
KMPP
Also elected — same seat
BRINDABAN GAYAN
INC· 9,093 votes
KMPP 15.4%IND 11.5%10 others 73.0%
Votes
14,044
15.4% share
Winning margin
3,541
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
42.9%
of 1,06,085

A closely fought contest. BHUSAN CHANDRA DAS won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHUSAN CHANDRA DAS
KMPP
14,04415.4%
2
NALINIKANTA KAYAL
IND
10,50311.5%
3
BRINDABAN GAYAN
9,09310.0%
4
ALI AHMAD
IND
7,9778.8%
5
HARISADHAN MONDAL
7,8298.6%
6
SUDHANSU BHUSAN DAS
IND
7,0877.8%
7
BIMALENDU KOYAL
6,5847.2%
8
SANTIBALA MONDAL
IND
6,5427.2%
9
PALAN CHANDRA HALDER
6,2016.8%
10
JATINDRA NATH MAITY
5,9896.6%
11
ANADI MOHAN TANTI
KMPP
5,2285.7%
12
GOPAL CHANDRA HALDER
IND
3,9524.3%

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 (147th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.9% · max 26.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
147th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
188th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KMPP 15.4%IND 11.5%INC 10.0%IND 8.8%INC 8.6%IND 7.8%OTH 37.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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