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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1967

Raiganj

Winner — 1967

N.N.KUNDU
PSP· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
PSP 41.4%INC 30.9%3 others 27.7%
Votes
16,318
41.4% share
Winning margin
4,145
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.9%
of 68,140

A clear win with a 10.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N.N.KUNDU
Praja Socialist Party
16,31841.4%
2
R.N.DUTT
INC
12,17330.9%
3
M.ROY
Left
7,07817.9%
4
B.G.ROY
IND
2,1445.4%
5
M.A.ALI
IND
1,7084.3%

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 (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.1% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
40th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
214th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 41.4%INC 30.9%CPM 17.9%IND 5.4%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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