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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAIDYANATH BANERJEE
INC
18,76751.5%
2
PRATIVA MUKHERJEE
SUC
7,70221.1%
3
MIHIR LAL CHATTERJEE
Praja Socialist Party
7,09719.5%
4
BIJOYGOPAL CHANDRA
Swatantra Party
1,8305.0%
5
SUDHIR KUMAR GHOSH
1,0763.0%

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
safe
30.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 1.8% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
168th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
163rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
26th of 294

Where 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 COMPUTED

A 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.

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