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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 138 · 1962
Howrah West
Winner — 1962
ANADI DASS
IND
IND 44.6%INC 38.7%1 others 16.7%
Votes
19,770
44.6% share
Winning margin
2,597
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
63.3%
of 70,038
A clear win with a 5.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANADI DASS | IND | 19,770 | 44.6% |
| 2 | BANKIM CHANDRA KAR | INC | 17,173 | 38.7% |
| 3 | DANU BOSE | IND | 7,393 | 16.7% |
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 (23rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
23rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 44.6%INC 38.7%IND 16.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
24 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.