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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Keshpur

Winner — 1951

NAGENDRA DOLOI
Also elected — same seat
GANGAPADA KUOR
KMPP· 12,902 votes
CPI 15.7%KMPP 15.2%7 others 69.1%
Votes
13,374
15.7% share
Winning margin
1,402
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
41.9%
of 1,01,558

Keshpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,402 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGENDRA DOLOI
13,37415.7%
2
GANGAPADA KUOR
KMPP
12,90215.2%
3
BALAI CHANDRA HAZRA
11,97214.1%
4
RABINDRA NATH MITRA
11,45813.5%
5
KHAGENDRA NATH BHUNIA
11,24913.2%
6
NAGENDRA NATH SEN
KMPP
10,57512.4%
7
BANKIM CHOUDHURY
IND
9,86911.6%
8
HARIPADA MAHAPATRA
IND
1,9002.2%
9
SHIBU DOLOI
IND
1,7562.1%

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 (282nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 15.7%KMPP 15.2%INC 14.1%CPI 13.5%INC 13.2%KMPP 12.4%OTH 15.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

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

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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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