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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 4 · 19512 seats · 1 ST
Kurseong Siliguri
Winner — 1951
GEORGE MAHBERT
IND
Also elected — same seat
TENZING WANGDI
INC· 7,574 votes
IND 16.6%INC 16.1%8 others 67.2%
Votes
8,255
16.6% share
Winning margin
255
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
28.6%
of 86,656
Kurseong Siliguri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 255 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEORGE MAHBERT | IND | 8,255 | 16.6% |
| 2 | BIRENDRA NATH RAY SARKAR | 8,000 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | TENZING WANGDI | 7,574 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | NIMA WANGI LAMA | IND | 6,876 | 13.9% |
| 5 | BANDHAN ORAON | 6,441 | 13.0% | |
| 6 | KSHIROD NATH CHATTOPADHYAY | KMPP | 5,823 | 11.7% |
| 7 | KHAGENDRA NATH RAY | IND | 2,740 | 5.5% |
| 8 | RANJAY WANGBOO | 1,534 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | SUDHINDRA NATH CHAKRAVARTY | IND | 1,188 | 2.4% |
| 10 | BASANTA GHOSH | 1,159 | 2.3% |
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.
High turnout (54th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.5% · max 46.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
54th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 16.6%INC 16.1%INC 15.3%IND 13.9%CPI 13.0%KMPP 11.7%OTH 13.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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