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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 160 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Uluberia North

Winner — 1972

RAJ KUMAR MANDAL
CPM· Left
CPM 53.9%IND 41.2%2 others 4.9%
Votes
31,885
53.9% share
Winning margin
7,499
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.1%
of 90,872

A clear win with a 12.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJ KUMAR MANDAL
Left
31,88553.9%
2
SANTOSH KR. BHOWMICK
IND
24,38641.2%
3
BIMAL MANDAL
IND
2,0473.5%
4
GOBINDA SING
Congress (R)
8571.4%

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 (284th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.7% · max 36.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
284th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
183rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
79th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 53.9%IND 41.2%OTH 4.9%

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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