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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 13 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMESH CHANDRA MANDAL
41,49531.2%
2
BHAWANI PRASANNA TALUKDAR
32,70724.6%
3
KAMAL KANTI GUHA
24,22618.2%
4
BEJOY KUMAR ROY
21,62416.3%
5
HARSH CHANDRA ROY SARKAR
IND
7,1485.4%
6
BARINDRA KUMAR GHOSH
IND
5,6214.2%

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
lean
13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 1.8% · max 20.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
48th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
256th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
198th of 294

Where 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 COMPUTED

A 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.

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