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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1962
Habra
Winner — 1962
TARUN KANTI GHOSE
INC· INC
INC 62.6%CPI 35.8%2 others 1.6%
Votes
39,460
62.6% share
Winning margin
16,915
26.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.6%
of 1,00,665
Habra is a safe seat — TARUN KANTI GHOSE won by 26.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TARUN KANTI GHOSE | INC | 39,460 | 62.6% |
| 2 | SADHAN SEN | Left | 22,545 | 35.8% |
| 3 | GOBINDA LAL BANERJEE | SBP | 642 | 1.0% |
| 4 | ABDUL JALIL | IND | 341 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.6%CPI 35.8%OTH 1.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.