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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1962

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Winner — 1962

BEJOY KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
IND 45.1%INC 36.3%1 others 18.6%
Votes
17,243
45.1% share
Winning margin
3,372
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
61.5%
of 62,121

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BEJOY KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
17,24345.1%
2
PRIYA RANJAN SEN
INC
INC
13,87136.3%
3
SUNIL DAS
PSP
Praja Socialist Party
7,12118.6%

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 (287th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 2.6% · max 53.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
287th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
120th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 45.1%INC 36.3%PSP 18.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
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