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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 58 · 19512 seats · 1 ST

Gopiballavepore

Winner — 1951

DHANANJOY KAR
KMPP
Also elected — same seat
JAGATPATI HANSDA
KMPP· 12,552 votes
KMPP 27.3%INC 18.1%5 others 54.6%
Votes
20,457
27.3% share
Winning margin
6,904
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
38.4%
of 97,474

A clear win with a 9.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHANANJOY KAR
KMPP
20,45727.3%
2
UPENDRA NATH BALA
13,55318.1%
3
JAGATPATI HANSDA
KMPP
12,55216.8%
4
ARJUN BASKEY
9,39212.6%
5
BIPIN BEHARI MAITY
IND
7,62710.2%
6
GADADHAR MANDAL
IND
6,2538.4%
7
RATAN SAREN
5,0016.7%

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.

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 3.4% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
44th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
228th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KMPP 27.3%INC 18.1%KMPP 16.8%INC 12.6%IND 10.2%IND 8.4%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
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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