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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 156 · 1971

Domjur

Winner — 1971

JOYKESH MUKHER JEE
CPM· Left
CPM 60.3%INC 27.2%3 others 12.4%
Votes
34,485
60.3% share
Winning margin
18,917
33.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
66.4%
of 86,096

Domjur is a safe seat — JOYKESH MUKHER JEE won by 33.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JOYKESH MUKHER JEE
Left
34,48560.3%
2
REBATI RANJAN MUKHOPADHYAY
Congress (R)
15,56827.2%
3
AMJAN ALI SARDAR
BAC
4,3847.7%
4
SANKAR PROSAD BANDOPADHYAY
1,8513.2%
5
NIRDHAN SARDAR
RCI
8801.5%

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 (106th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.8% · min 0.1% · max 40.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
106th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
277th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
84th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 60.3%INC 27.2%BAC 7.7%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

37 locations
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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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