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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 43 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Kandi

Winner — 1957

BIMAL CHANDRA SINHA
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
SUDHIR MONDAL
INC· 40,077 votes
INC 31.6%INC 29.5%3 others 38.9%
Votes
42,840
31.6% share
Winning margin
14,987
11.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.0%
of 1,33,115

A clear win with a 11.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIMAL CHANDRA SINHA
42,84031.6%
2
SUDHIR MONDAL
40,07729.5%
3
AMARENDRALAL ROY
IND
27,85320.5%
4
AUHOYPADA SAHA
IND
22,75716.8%
5
HAZI SAYEEDUR RAHAMAN
IND
2,2341.6%

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 (71st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.5% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
71st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
264th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
81st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.6%INC 29.5%IND 20.5%IND 16.8%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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