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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 66 · 1962

Chakdah

Winner — 1962

SANTI DAS
INC· INC
INC 51.3%CPI 24.7%2 others 24.0%
Votes
22,894
51.3% share
Winning margin
11,853
26.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
53.9%
of 82,880

Chakdah is a safe seat — SANTI DAS won by 26.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANTI DAS
INC
22,89451.3%
2
AKHIL CHANDRA NANDY
Left
11,04124.7%
3
SOUMYENDRA NATH TAGORE
IND
8,69619.5%
4
MONOHAR ROY
IND
2,0284.5%

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.

Low turnout (278th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 3.0% · max 47.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
278th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.32
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
83rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.3%CPI 24.7%IND 19.5%OTH 4.5%

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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