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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 96 · 1951

Howrah South

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Winner — 1951

BENI CHARAN DUTTA
INC
INC 38.0%CPI 26.4%9 others 35.6%
Votes
10,993
38.0% share
Winning margin
3,353
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
49.4%
of 58,536

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BENI CHARAN DUTTA
INC
10,99338.0%
2
ARUN KUMAR CHATTERJEE
CPI
7,64026.4%
3
BHOLANATH DAS
RCPI
4,13914.3%
4
BHOLANATH ROY
BJS
3,13310.8%
5
BRAHMA DUTTA JHUNJHUNWALA
RRP
8252.9%
6
HARIPADA MOJUMDER
SP
6622.3%
7
SUSHIL KUMAR MUKHERJI
IND
4401.5%
8
KRISTO DHAN BENERJEE
HMS
4301.5%
9
BENAY KRISHNA MUKHERJE
IND
3051.1%
10
R K MATHRIA
IND
2440.8%
11
HANUMANTHA RAO
IND
1010.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (204th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 1.0% · max 22.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
204th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
257th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
269th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.0%CPI 26.4%RCPI 14.3%BJS 10.8%OTH 10.4%

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
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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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