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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1957

Arsa

Winner — 1957

SAGAR CHANDRA MAHATO
IND
IND 26.5%INC 19.7%9 others 53.9%
Votes
4,012
26.4% share
Winning margin
1,029
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
30.4%
of 49,883

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAGAR CHANDRA MAHATO
IND
4,01226.4%
2
MOTILAL MAJHI
2,98319.7%
3
BISHWAMBHAR KUMAR
IND
1,88612.4%
4
BISWANATH RAJGORIA
IND
9566.3%
5
ANIL KRISHNA GHOSH
IND
8895.9%
6
GORACHAND MAHATO
IND
8855.8%
7
SHIB CHARAN CHAND
IND
8465.6%
8
MERKHU MAHATO
IND
7615.0%
9
RAMJIBAN SINGH
IND
7525.0%
10
KSHUDIRAM PAL
IND
6064.0%
11
SADHU BANERJEE
IND
5903.9%

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.

Low turnout (282nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.4%INC 19.7%IND 12.4%IND 6.3%IND 5.9%IND 5.8%OTH 23.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
🏛️

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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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