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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 107 · 1952 by-elections

Dhanialkhali

Winner — 1952 by-elections

S.C. BHANDARI
COM
COM 71.1%INC 27.5%2 others 1.4%
Votes
18,142
71.1% share
Winning margin
11,137
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
4

Dhanialkhali was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 11,137 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.C. BHANDARI
COM
18,1420.0%
2
N.D. MAZUMDAR
7,0050.0%
3
A. MAZUMDAR
FB(M)
2530.0%
4
I.A. MOLLA
IND
1130.0%

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 (241st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
241st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
159th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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?

2 locations
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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