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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1967
Krishnagar West
Winner — 1967
A.MUKHERJEE
CPM· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
CPM 43.6%INC 37.7%3 others 18.7%
Votes
17,678
43.6% share
Winning margin
2,369
5.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.1%
of 58,700
A clear win with a 5.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.MUKHERJEE | Left | 17,678 | 43.6% |
| 2 | I.P.CHOWDHURY | INC | 15,309 | 37.7% |
| 3 | S.R.D.GUPTA | Samyukta Socialist Party | 3,675 | 9.1% |
| 4 | P.GUPTA | IND | 3,011 | 7.4% |
| 5 | R.N.GHOSH | IND | 905 | 2.2% |
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 (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe5.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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164th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.6%INC 37.7%SSP 9.1%IND 7.4%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.