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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Mainaguri

Winner — 1962

KAMINI MOHAN ROY
INC· INC
INC 37.7%PSP 25.7%3 others 36.6%
Votes
12,806
37.7% share
Winning margin
4,081
12.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
42.9%
of 79,066

A clear win with a 12.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMINI MOHAN ROY
INC
12,80637.7%
2
PANCHANAN MALIK
Praja Socialist Party
8,72525.7%
3
JAJNESWAR ROY
IND
6,00817.7%
4
DHARANI MOHAN ROY
Left
5,57916.4%
5
DEBENDRA NATH ROY
IND
8302.4%

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.

Average turnout (97th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 3.9% · max 61.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
97th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
279th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
45th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.7%PSP 25.7%IND 17.7%CPI 16.4%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
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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