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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 13 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Dinhata
Winner — 1957
UMESH CHANDRA MANDAL
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BHAWANI PRASANNA TALUKDAR
INC· 32,707 votes
INC 31.2%INC 24.6%4 others 44.1%
Votes
41,495
31.2% share
Winning margin
17,269
13.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
50.6%
of 1,31,172
A clear win with a 13.0% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMESH CHANDRA MANDAL | 41,495 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | BHAWANI PRASANNA TALUKDAR | 32,707 | 24.6% | |
| 3 | KAMAL KANTI GUHA | 24,226 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | BEJOY KUMAR ROY | 21,624 | 16.3% | |
| 5 | HARSH CHANDRA ROY SARKAR | IND | 7,148 | 5.4% |
| 6 | BARINDRA KUMAR GHOSH | IND | 5,621 | 4.2% |
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 (48th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 1.8% · max 20.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
48th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
256th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
198th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.2%INC 24.6%FBM 18.2%FBM 16.3%IND 5.4%OTH 4.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%
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.