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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 54 · 19572 seats · 1 ST
Kalna
Winner — 1957
HARE KRISHNA KONAR
CPI· Left
Also elected — same seat
JAMADAR MAJHI
CPI· 32,043 votes
CPI 26.0%CPI 25.2%5 others 48.8%
Votes
32,996
25.9% share
Winning margin
6,096
4.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
49.8%
of 1,27,716
A closely fought contest. HARE KRISHNA KONAR won with a 4.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARE KRISHNA KONAR | 32,996 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | JAMADAR MAJHI | 32,043 | 25.2% | |
| 3 | BAIDYANATH MAJHI | 26,900 | 21.2% | |
| 4 | RASHBEHARI SEN | 22,084 | 17.4% | |
| 5 | ANANDAGOPAL KUMAR | IND | 9,568 | 7.5% |
| 6 | KALO MAJHI | IND | 2,062 | 1.6% |
| 7 | DUBRAJ MAJHI | IND | 1,492 | 1.2% |
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 (50th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.3% · max 20.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
50th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 25.9%CPI 25.2%INC 21.2%INC 17.4%IND 7.5%OTH 2.8%
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.