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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 124 · 1967

Panihati

Winner — 1967

G.K. BHATTACHARYYA
CPM· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPM 47.7%INC 32.8%3 others 19.5%
Votes
34,671
47.7% share
Winning margin
10,820
14.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.5%
of 1,03,162

A clear win with a 14.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
G.K. BHATTACHARYYA
Left
34,67147.7%
2
S.C. DATTA
INC
23,85132.8%
3
N.D. SRIMANI
Left
10,91915.0%
4
S.N. GHOSH
Praja Socialist Party
2,7393.8%
5
S. MITRA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5500.8%

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 (49th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 1.6% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
49th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
233rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 47.7%INC 32.8%CPI 15.0%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.

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