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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1962
Falakata
Winner — 1962
HIRALAL SINGHA
INC· INC
INC 40.4%PSP 37.1%2 others 22.5%
Votes
16,351
40.4% share
Winning margin
1,354
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.0%
of 80,926
A closely fought contest. HIRALAL SINGHA won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIRALAL SINGHA | INC | 16,351 | 40.4% |
| 2 | JAGADANANDA ROY | Praja Socialist Party | 14,997 | 37.1% |
| 3 | SOMAR GANGULY | Left | 6,751 | 16.7% |
| 4 | TIMRU URAON | IND | 2,372 | 5.9% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (244th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.8% · max 36.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
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244th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
255th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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91st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.4%PSP 37.1%CPI 16.7%IND 5.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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