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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1977
Manikchak
Winner — 1977
SUBODH CHOUDHURY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 36.2%INC 36.0%5 others 27.8%
Votes
16,414
36.3% share
Winning margin
134
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
57.8%
of 78,297
Manikchak was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 134 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUBODH CHOUDHURY | Left Front | 16,414 | 36.3% |
| 2 | JCKHILAL MONDAL | INC | 16,280 | 36.0% |
| 3 | DURGA SEN | Left Front | 7,186 | 15.9% |
| 4 | ANANDA MOHAN DE | Janata | 4,155 | 9.2% |
| 5 | TAFAZUL ALI | IND | 518 | 1.1% |
| 6 | SUBODH KUMAR MISRA | IND | 499 | 1.1% |
| 7 | SHYAMALENDU GHOSH | IND | 229 | 0.5% |
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 (98th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.3% · max 50.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
98th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
146th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 36.3%INC 36.0%CPI 15.9%JNP 9.2%OTH 2.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.