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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 52 · 1957
Purbasthali
Winner — 1957
BIMALANANDA TARATIRTHA
INC· INC
INC 56.3%CPI 43.7%
Votes
18,704
56.4% share
Winning margin
4,214
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
56.3%
of 58,942
A clear win with a 12.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (64th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 34.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
64th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.20
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
107th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.4%CPI 43.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
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.