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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1962

Santipur

Winner — 1962

KANAI PAL
IND
IND 53.8%INC 35.3%1 others 10.9%
Votes
26,553
53.8% share
Winning margin
9,153
18.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
50.7%
of 97,412

Santipur is a safe seat — KANAI PAL won by 18.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANAI PAL
IND
26,55353.8%
2
HARIDAS DEY
INC
17,40035.3%
3
BIJAN KUMAR CHAKRAVARTI
SBP
5,39910.9%

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.

High turnout (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.7% · max 35.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
17th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.73
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
75th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 53.8%INC 35.3%SBP 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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