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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1972

Kailmpong

Winner — 1972

GAJENDRA GURUNG
INC· Congress (R)
INC 37.6%IGL 32.5%2 others 29.9%
Votes
10,190
37.6% share
Winning margin
1,384
5.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
42.4%
of 63,955

A clear win with a 5.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAJENDRA GURUNG
Congress (R)
10,19037.6%
2
PRITHIWINATH DIKSHIT
IGL
8,80632.5%
3
MADAN KUMAR PRADHAN
IND
4,78217.6%
4
RAMASHNAKER PRASAD
Left
3,32512.3%

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.

Average turnout (125th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.8% · max 38.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
125th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
18th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.6%IGL 32.5%IND 17.6%CPM 12.3%

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?

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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