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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 223 · 1967

Arsha

Winner — 1967

B . MUKHERJEE
INC· INC
INC 32.3%SWA 21.6%8 others 46.1%
Votes
13,544
32.3% share
Winning margin
4,473
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.7%
of 76,634

A clear win with a 10.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B . MUKHERJEE
INC
13,54432.3%
2
M . MAJHI
Swatantra Party
9,07121.6%
3
D . C . KUIRI
FBL
7,53718.0%
4
S . C . BANERJEE
IND
6,09014.5%
5
P . K . KUNDU
IND
2,6866.4%
6
G . MAHATO
IND
1,1202.7%
7
D . SEN
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6311.5%
8
B . B . SINGH
IND
4591.1%
9
A . G . P . MAHATO
IND
4241.0%
10
S . K . CHAKRABARTY
IND
3750.9%

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 (164th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.6% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
164th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
226th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
205th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.3%SWA 21.6%FBL 18.0%IND 14.5%IND 6.4%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%

What's nearby?

12 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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