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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 211 · 1967

Kharagpur

Winner — 1967

N .CHOUBEY
CPI· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPI 49.0%INC 44.3%1 others 6.7%
Votes
20,118
49.0% share
Winning margin
1,932
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.1%
of 69,449

A closely fought contest. N .CHOUBEY won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N .CHOUBEY
Left
20,11849.0%
2
G . S . SOHANPAL
INC
18,18644.3%
3
V . V . S . J . RAO
Left
2,7496.7%

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 (132nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 4.7% · max 62.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
132nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
254th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
292nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 49.0%INC 44.3%CPM 6.7%

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?

1 location
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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