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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Hanskhali

Winner — 1962

PRAMITHA RANJAN THAKUR
INC· INC
INC 38.9%CPI 30.2%2 others 30.9%
Votes
16,919
38.9% share
Winning margin
3,762
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
44.7%
of 97,444

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAMITHA RANJAN THAKUR
INC
16,91938.9%
2
JNANENDRA NATH BISWAS
Left
13,15730.2%
3
JOGENDRA NATH MANDAL
IND
11,87827.3%
4
BIDYADHAR NANDY
1,5833.6%

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 (61st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
61st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
199th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.9%CPI 30.2%IND 27.3%OTH 3.6%

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?

33 locations
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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