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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 95 · 1951

Howrah West

Winner — 1951

BANKIM CHANDRA KAR
INC 34.6%IND 22.5%8 others 42.8%
Votes
9,221
34.6% share
Winning margin
3,215
12.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
46.8%
of 56,985

A clear win with a 12.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANKIM CHANDRA KAR
9,22134.6%
2
BIBHUTI DAS
IND
6,00622.5%
3
SUHRIT CHANDRA BISWAS
5,86222.0%
4
SANTI KUMAR DAS GUPTA
RCPI
1,7386.5%
5
HARI PADA BHARATI
1,7006.4%
6
DANU BOSE
IND
1,0113.8%
7
SASANKA SEKHAR MULLICK
IND
4411.7%
8
KRIPANATH BANERJEE
IND
3411.3%
9
SANTOSH CHANDRA
IND
1690.6%
10
SATISH CHANDRA PANJA
IND
1540.6%

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 (187th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.1% · max 25.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
187th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
241st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
152nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 34.6%IND 22.5%FBL(MG) 22.0%RCPI 6.5%BJS 6.4%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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