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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 218 · 1972
Jhargram
Winner — 1972
MALLA DEB BIRENDRA BIJOY
INC· Congress (R)
INC 52.3%CPM 29.5%3 others 18.2%
Votes
25,951
52.3% share
Winning margin
11,325
22.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
59.8%
of 82,922
Jhargram is a safe seat — MALLA DEB BIRENDRA BIJOY won by 22.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MALLA DEB BIRENDRA BIJOY | Congress (R) | 25,951 | 52.3% |
| 2 | SEN DAHARESHWAR | Left | 14,626 | 29.5% |
| 3 | MAHATA MRINALINI | JKP | 7,310 | 14.7% |
| 4 | ROY NIROD BARAN | 1,005 | 2.0% | |
| 5 | BHAKAT NIRPADA | IND | 721 | 1.4% |
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.
Average turnout (214th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean22.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.1% · max 23.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
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214th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
267th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
291st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.3%CPM 29.5%JKP 14.7%OTH 3.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.






