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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1972

Howrah North

Winner — 1972

SHANKAR LAL MUKHERJEE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 59.2%CPM 40.8%
Votes
26,753
59.2% share
Winning margin
8,290
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
59.6%
of 75,840

Howrah North is a safe seat — SHANKAR LAL MUKHERJEE won by 18.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHANKAR LAL MUKHERJEE
Congress (R)
26,75359.2%
2
CHAITTABRATA MAZUMDAR
Left
18,46340.8%

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 (271st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.5% · max 29.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
271st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
143rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.2%CPM 40.8%

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?

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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