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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 149 · 1972

Burtola

Winner — 1972

AJIT KUMAR PANJA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 68.5%CPM 28.4%1 others 3.1%
Votes
30,778
68.5% share
Winning margin
17,997
40.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
52.5%
of 85,712

Burtola is a safe seat — AJIT KUMAR PANJA won by 40.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT KUMAR PANJA
Congress (R)
30,77868.5%
2
LAKSHMI KANTA DEY
Left
12,78128.4%
3
ASIM BANERJEE
1,3973.1%

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 (253rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
40.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.3% · min 4.2% · max 42.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
253rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
107th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
115th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 68.5%CPM 28.4%OTH 3.1%

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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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