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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Narayangarh

Winner — 1962

KRISHNA PRASAD MANDAL
INC· INC
INC 62.8%CPI 24.1%1 others 13.1%
Votes
19,047
62.8% share
Winning margin
11,740
38.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
44.8%
of 67,727

Narayangarh is a safe seat — KRISHNA PRASAD MANDAL won by 38.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNA PRASAD MANDAL
INC
19,04762.8%
2
BEJOY KUMAR GHORAI
Left
7,30724.1%
3
ARUN CHANDRA JANA
Praja Socialist Party
3,98913.2%

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 (266th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
38.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 5.1% · max 51.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
266th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.03
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
105th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.8%CPI 24.1%PSP 13.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,19,145
Density
1753 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population24.4%
ST population4.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.9%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.1%
Women literate77.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.8%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
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