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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 50 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Ketugram

Winner — 1957

SANKAR DASS
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
ABDUS SATTAR
INC· 31,845 votes
INC 30.6%INC 27.3%5 others 42.1%
Votes
35,699
30.6% share
Winning margin
20,243
17.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
47.1%
of 1,23,970

Ketugram is a safe seat — SANKAR DASS won by 17.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANKAR DASS
35,69930.6%
2
ABDUS SATTAR
31,84527.3%
3
RADHA SHYAM SAHA
15,45613.3%
4
JYOTISH CHANDRA SINHA
13,35011.4%
5
TARA PADA BANDO PADHYAY
10,7569.2%
6
NAGENDRA NATH HALDER
6,5025.6%
7
DEBADI NATH BANERJEE
IND
3,0642.6%

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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.2% · max 43.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
82nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
167th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
67th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.6%INC 27.3%CPI 13.3%CPI 11.4%HMS 9.2%HMS 5.6%OTH 2.6%

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?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

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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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