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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 180 · 1972

Tarakeswar

Winner — 1972

BALAI LAL SHETH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 54.3%IND 45.7%
Votes
28,224
54.3% share
Winning margin
4,466
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
71.3%
of 72,920

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BALAI LAL SHETH
Congress (R)
28,22454.3%
2
RAM CHATTERJEE
IND
23,75845.7%

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 (111th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 2.1% · max 31.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
111th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
142nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
76th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.3%IND 45.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

5 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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