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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 9 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Kalchini

Winner — 1957

DEBENDRA NATH BRAHMA MANDAL
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
ANIMA HOARE
INC· 24,664 votes
INC 28.3%INC 23.6%4 others 48.1%
Votes
29,625
28.3% share
Winning margin
11,584
11.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.5%
of 1,17,531

A clear win with a 11.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEBENDRA NATH BRAHMA MANDAL
29,62528.3%
2
ANIMA HOARE
24,66423.6%
3
A. H. BESTERWITCH
IND
18,04117.2%
4
MANGAL BHAGAT
14,45913.8%
5
STEPHEN KUJUR
IND
12,73812.2%
6
AMIL KUMAR GHOSE
IND
5,1594.9%

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.

High turnout (13th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 3.8% · max 39.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
13th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
232nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
194th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.3%INC 23.6%IND 17.2%PSP 13.8%IND 12.2%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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