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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 209 · 1969

Salbani

Winner — 1969

AMULYA RATAN MAHATA
BAC· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
BAC 55.3%INC 30.2%3 others 14.4%
Votes
25,112
55.3% share
Winning margin
11,391
25.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.2%
of 67,571

Salbani is a safe seat — AMULYA RATAN MAHATA won by 25.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMULYA RATAN MAHATA
BAC
25,11255.3%
2
SUDHIR KUMAR GHOSAL
INC
13,72130.2%
3
RABULAL TUDU
IND
3,7658.3%
4
SAHAS ROY BIMAL KUMAR
1,9984.4%
5
MAHAPTRA SITALA PRASAD
7821.7%

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 (90th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 6.4% · max 25.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
90th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
175th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
268th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 55.3%INC 30.2%IND 8.3%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Bengal PatachitraGI🏺Human Hair (washed)🏺Marine Products🏺Processed cashew nuts

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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