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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 167 · 1971

Jangipara

Winner — 1971

MANINDRA NATH JANA
CPM· Left
CPM 49.0%INC 30.1%2 others 21.0%
Votes
22,677
49.0% share
Winning margin
8,751
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
63.0%
of 73,489

Jangipara is a safe seat — MANINDRA NATH JANA won by 18.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANINDRA NATH JANA
Left
22,67749.0%
2
GANESH HATUI
Congress (R)
13,92630.1%
3
SANATAN BHAR
BAC
5,43311.7%
4
SUSHIL CHATTOPADHYAYA
Left
4,2789.2%

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.

Low turnout (251st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
251st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
158th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.0%INC 30.1%BAC 11.7%CPI 9.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

4 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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