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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 247 · 1962
Suri
Winner — 1962
BAIDYANATH BANERJEE
INC· INC
INC 51.5%SUC 21.1%3 others 27.4%
Votes
18,767
51.5% share
Winning margin
11,065
30.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
51.8%
of 70,417
Suri is a safe seat — BAIDYANATH BANERJEE won by 30.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAIDYANATH BANERJEE | INC | 18,767 | 51.5% |
| 2 | PRATIVA MUKHERJEE | SUC | 7,702 | 21.1% |
| 3 | MIHIR LAL CHATTERJEE | Praja Socialist Party | 7,097 | 19.5% |
| 4 | BIJOYGOPAL CHANDRA | Swatantra Party | 1,830 | 5.0% |
| 5 | SUDHIR KUMAR GHOSH | 1,076 | 3.0% |
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 (168th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 1.8% · max 43.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
168th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
163rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
26th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.5%SUC 21.1%PSP 19.5%SWA 5.0%OTH 3.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️BaluchariGI🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏷️Terracotta CraftGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.