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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1969

Chapra

Winner — 1969

SALIL BEHARI HUNDLE
BAC· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
BAC 40.5%INC 39.8%3 others 19.8%
Votes
18,194
40.5% share
Winning margin
313
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.2%
of 63,143

Chapra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 313 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SALIL BEHARI HUNDLE
BAC
18,19440.5%
2
SIB SANKAR BANDOPADHAYAY
INC
17,88139.8%
3
MONDAL ABU BAKKAR
PML
8,15518.1%
4
ARUN CHANDRA MONDAL
PBI
3680.8%
5
TARAN KUMAR MONDAL
NDF
3580.8%

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.

Low turnout (290th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.7% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
290th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
6th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
9th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 40.5%INC 39.8%PML 18.1%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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