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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 189 · 1962

Midnapore

Winner — 1962

SYED SHAMSUL BARI
INC· INC
INC 39.1%CPI 36.4%3 others 24.4%
Votes
13,034
39.1% share
Winning margin
911
2.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
43.7%
of 76,165

A closely fought contest. SYED SHAMSUL BARI won with a 2.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SYED SHAMSUL BARI
INC
13,03439.1%
2
KAMAKSHYA CHARAN GHOSE
Left
12,12336.4%
3
BANKIMBEHARI PAL
Praja Socialist Party
4,87414.6%
4
AJIT CHATTOPADHYAYA
2,2896.9%
5
NARAYAN CHANDRA GHOSH
9742.9%

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.

Average turnout (228th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 1.3% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
228th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
50th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.1%CPI 36.4%PSP 14.6%HMS 6.9%OTH 2.9%

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?

4 locations
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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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