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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1971Reserved (SC)

Khargram

Winner — 1971

NARENDRA HALDAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 26.7%CPM 26.6%5 others 46.7%
Votes
9,557
26.7% share
Winning margin
19
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
41.9%
of 85,421

Khargram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 19 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARENDRA HALDAR
Congress (R)
9,55726.7%
2
DINABANDHU HAJHI
Left
9,53826.6%
3
GURU PADA DAS
IND
4,83013.5%
4
SAMAPENDRA KUMAR CHOUDHURY
Left
4,52212.6%
5
SHANKARI PRASAD DASS
4,34312.1%
6
JITENDRA NATH MANDAL
BAC
2,0665.8%
7
MONDAL SUDHIR KUMAR
9492.6%

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 (24th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.1% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
24th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.70
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
216th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.7%CPM 26.6%IND 13.5%CPI 12.6%RSP 12.1%BAC 5.8%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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