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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 213 · 1969

Narayangarh

Winner — 1969

LAHA MIHIRKUMAR
BAC· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
BAC 49.8%INC 48.0%1 others 2.2%
Votes
26,336
49.8% share
Winning margin
957
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
77.5%
of 68,189

Narayangarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 957 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAHA MIHIRKUMAR
BAC
26,33649.8%
2
KRISHNA DAS ROY
INC
25,37948.0%
3
MRITYUNJOY BASU
NDF
1,1462.2%

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 (116th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.1% · max 52.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
116th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
261st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
213th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 49.8%INC 48.0%OTH 2.2%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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