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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1969
Jorasanko
Winner — 1969
DEOKINANDAN PODDAR
INC· INC
INC 44.7%FBL 35.2%3 others 20.1%
Votes
21,092
44.7% share
Winning margin
4,497
9.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.5%
of 85,093
A clear win with a 9.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEOKINANDAN PODDAR | INC | 21,092 | 44.7% |
| 2 | GUPTA SHYAMSUNDER |  FBL | 16,595 | 35.2% |
| 3 | HALWASIA PURUSOTTAM DAS | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 9,291 | 19.7% |
| 4 | KANAILAL MANNA | IND | 144 | 0.3% |
| 5 | ACHARYYA P.K. | NDF | 65 | 0.1% |
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 (57th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 0.1% · max 46.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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57th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
170th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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244th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%FBL 35.2%BJS 19.7%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
37 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.