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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1971

Bankura

Winner — 1971

KASHI NATH MISRA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 36.8%CPM 25.2%5 others 38.0%
Votes
17,423
36.8% share
Winning margin
5,496
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
53.7%
of 88,212

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KASHI NATH MISRA
Congress (R)
17,42336.8%
2
SUMITRA CHATTERJEE
Left
11,92725.2%
3
DEBABRATA CHATTERJEE
Left
11,11623.5%
4
GIRIJA PRASANNA DUBEY
BAC
3,1296.6%
5
ARUP MUKHOPADHYAY
1,4943.1%
6
CHATTAPADHYAY GUNAMOY
Grand Alliance
1,2282.6%
7
ROY ANIYA KANTI
1,0432.2%

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.

Average turnout (193rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.0% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
193rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
58th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.8%CPM 25.2%CPI 23.5%BAC 6.6%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lac & Lac Products🏷️Purulia Chau MaskGI

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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