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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Mal

Winner — 1972

ANTONI TOPNO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 61.8%CPM 38.2%
Votes
25,939
61.8% share
Winning margin
9,909
23.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
55.9%
of 75,134

Mal is a safe seat — ANTONI TOPNO won by 23.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANTONI TOPNO
Congress (R)
25,93961.8%
2
JAGGA NATH ORAON
Left
16,03038.2%

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 (86th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 0.4% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
86th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
244th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
47th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.8%CPM 38.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
38,72,846
Density
622 / km²
Sex ratio
953 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,227 km²
SC population37.6%
ST population18.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 11.5%Other 7.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity44.4%
Sanitation49.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate73.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.7%
Health insurance35.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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