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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1967

Bankura

Winner — 1967

S . MITRA
INC· INC
INC 30.9%CPI 30.8%3 others 38.3%
Votes
14,105
30.9% share
Winning margin
15
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.6%
of 79,373

Bankura was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 15 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S . MITRA
INC
14,10530.9%
2
B . GHOSH
Left
14,09030.8%
3
R . K . BISWAS
IND
9,55820.9%
4
P . K . MULLICK
IND
6,41214.0%
5
K . DE
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,5453.4%

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 (193rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.0% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
193rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
58th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.9%CPI 30.8%IND 20.9%IND 14.0%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac & Lac Products🏷️Purulia Chau MaskGI

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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