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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 68 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

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Winner — 1957

LABANYA PRAVA GHOSH
IND
Also elected — same seat
NAKUL CHANDRA SAHIS
IND· 15,780 votes
IND 25.4%IND 20.8%7 others 53.7%
Votes
19,280
25.4% share
Winning margin
8,261
10.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
33.3%
of 1,13,897

A clear win with a 10.9% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LABANYA PRAVA GHOSH
IND
19,28025.4%
2
NAKUL CHANDRA SAHIS
IND
15,78020.8%
3
SARAT DAS
INC
11,01914.5%
4
TARA PADA ROY
INC
10,90114.4%
5
PHANI MAHATO
IND
6,5968.7%
6
KALI PADA DAS
IND
3,6654.8%
7
BECHAN RAJAK
IND
3,4014.5%
8
RADHIKA PRASAD RAJWAR
IND
2,7403.6%
9
SHYAMA PADA DAS
IND
2,3863.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (290th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.7% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
290th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
6th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
9th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 25.4%IND 20.8%INC 14.5%INC 14.4%IND 8.7%OTH 16.1%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
🛕

Dakshina Kali temple

🛕TempleWikidata
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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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