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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1977

Palashipara

Winner — 1977

MADHABENDU MOHANTA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 43.7%INC 20.5%8 others 35.8%
Votes
25,912
43.7% share
Winning margin
13,761
23.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
68.2%
of 86,934

Palashipara is a safe seat — MADHABENDU MOHANTA won by 23.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MADHABENDU MOHANTA
Left Front
25,91243.7%
2
KARTIC CHANDRA BISWAS
INC
12,15120.5%
3
SUSHANTA KUMAR GHOSH
IND
6,38210.8%
4
SHAIKH KHODA BOX
SUC
6,35210.7%
5
SUDHANGSU BISWAS
Janata
3,3195.6%
6
HARAN CHANDRA BISWAS
IND
2,4474.1%
7
SURMAN ALI HALSANA
MUL
1,7452.9%
8
CHANDICHARAN DE
IND
6911.2%
9
BIJAY KUMAR DATTA
IND
1670.3%
10
NARESH CHANDRA BAIDYA
IND
1170.2%

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 (194th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.2% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
194th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
164th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.7%INC 20.5%IND 10.8%SUC 10.7%JNP 5.6%OTH 8.7%

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
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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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Tomb of Mirmadan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Mirmadan

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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