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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 134 · 1967

Chowringhee

Winner — 1967

S.S.RAY
INC· INC
INC 62.3%CPM 31.6%1 others 6.1%
Votes
22,954
62.3% share
Winning margin
11,296
30.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
55.7%
of 66,186

Chowringhee is a safe seat — S.S.RAY won by 30.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.S.RAY
INC
22,95462.3%
2
S.GUPTA
Left
11,65831.6%
3
G.A.W.ROZE
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,2526.1%

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 (42nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.1% · min 0.6% · max 48.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
42nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
116th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
265th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.3%CPM 31.6%BJS 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

10 locations
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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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