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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 210 · 1967

Midnapur

Winner — 1967

K . C . GHOSE
CPI· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPI 56.3%INC 37.2%1 others 6.5%
Votes
23,784
56.3% share
Winning margin
8,080
19.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.6%
of 70,820

Midnapur is a safe seat — K . C . GHOSE won by 19.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K . C . GHOSE
Left
23,78456.3%
2
S . S . BARI
INC
15,70437.2%
3
M . C . GHOSE
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,7286.5%

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 (115th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.4% · max 58.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
115th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
271st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
283rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 56.3%INC 37.2%BJS 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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