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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 35 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Tapan

Winner — 1972

PATRASH HEMBREM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 58.0%RSP 41.2%1 others 0.8%
Votes
28,166
58.0% share
Winning margin
8,131
16.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
66.5%
of 73,080

Tapan is a safe seat — PATRASH HEMBREM won by 16.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PATRASH HEMBREM
Congress (R)
28,16658.0%
2
NATHANIAL MURMU
20,03541.2%
3
KISKU GOMAI
JKP
3840.8%

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 (120th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.4% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
120th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
284th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
66th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.0%RSP 41.2%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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