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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1951

Fort

Winner — 1951

NARENDRA NATH SEN
INC 65.6%IND 14.5%6 others 19.9%
Votes
12,951
65.6% share
Winning margin
10,087
51.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
32.3%
of 61,180

Fort is a safe seat — NARENDRA NATH SEN won by 51.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARENDRA NATH SEN
12,95165.6%
2
NIREN DEY
IND
2,86414.5%
3
PRAKASH GHOSH
1,4097.1%
4
JYOTISH CHANDRA GUHA
IND
1,1996.1%
5
JAGANNATH PANDEY
KMPP
5242.6%
6
S C CHAKRAVARTTY
IND
4342.2%
7
PRAVAT KUMAR KAR
IND
2301.2%
8
RAJKUMAR SIDDHARTHA SINGH PRESTON
IND
1410.7%

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 (266th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
51.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 5.1% · max 51.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
266th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.03
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
105th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 65.6%IND 14.5%BJS 7.1%IND 6.1%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
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