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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Nakashipara

Winner — 1972

NIL KAMAL SARKER
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.0%CPM 36.6%2 others 8.4%
Votes
20,753
55.0% share
Winning margin
6,945
18.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
50.5%
of 74,778

Nakashipara is a safe seat — NIL KAMAL SARKER won by 18.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIL KAMAL SARKER
Congress (R)
20,75355.0%
2
BINOY BHUSAN MAJUMDER
Left
13,80836.6%
3
GOVINDO CHANDRA MONDAL
MUL
2,8217.5%
4
KAMINIKUMAR DAS
IND
3611.0%

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.

Low turnout (282nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.0%CPM 36.6%MUL 7.5%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
🏛️

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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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