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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1971Reserved (SC)
Mainaguri
Winner — 1971
BIJOY KRISHNA MOHANTA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 35.0%IND 16.6%6 others 48.4%
Votes
12,781
35.0% share
Winning margin
6,706
18.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
49.6%
of 73,602
Mainaguri is a safe seat — BIJOY KRISHNA MOHANTA won by 18.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIJOY KRISHNA MOHANTA | Congress (R) | 12,781 | 35.0% |
| 2 | HARIPADA ROY | IND | 6,075 | 16.6% |
| 3 | JATINDRA NATH BASUNIA | 5,161 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | NILCHARAN ROY | Left | 3,851 | 10.5% |
| 5 | JANAKI NATH ROY | BAC | 3,356 | 9.2% |
| 6 | BASANT KUMAR ROY | Left | 2,328 | 6.4% |
| 7 | AKHIL CHANDRA ROY | Grand Alliance | 1,768 | 4.8% |
| 8 | DINA NATH ROY | 1,225 | 3.4% |
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.
High turnout (9th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.9% · max 38.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
9th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
273rd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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102nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.0%IND 16.6%RSP 14.1%CPM 10.5%BAC 9.2%CPI 6.4%OTH 8.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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