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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 91 · 1969Reserved (SC)

Gosaba

Winner — 1969

GANESH CHANDRA MONDAL
RSP· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
RSP 60.1%INC 38.5%1 others 1.4%
Votes
29,528
60.1% share
Winning margin
10,587
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
72.1%
of 68,200

Gosaba is a safe seat — GANESH CHANDRA MONDAL won by 21.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESH CHANDRA MONDAL
29,52860.1%
2
HAZARI MONDAL
INC
18,94138.5%
3
CHANDRA KANTA SARKAR
IND
6781.4%

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 (150th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.6% · max 31.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
150th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
204th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
236th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 60.1%INC 38.5%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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