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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1969Reserved (ST)
Mal
Winner — 1969
ANTONI TOPNO
INC· INC
INC 57.0%CPI 30.4%3 others 12.7%
Votes
22,706
57.0% share
Winning margin
10,601
26.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.9%
of 68,833
Mal is a safe seat — ANTONI TOPNO won by 26.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANTONI TOPNO | INC | 22,706 | 57.0% |
| 2 | ARJUN ORAON | Left | 12,105 | 30.4% |
| 3 | GURU CHARAN ORAON | Praja Socialist Party | 4,330 | 10.9% |
| 4 | SUKHOO BHAGAT | 400 | 1.0% | |
| 5 | TEJARAM BHAGAT | NDF | 320 | 0.8% |
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 (86th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe26.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 0.4% · max 35.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
86th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
244th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
47th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.0%CPI 30.4%PSP 10.9%OTH 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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