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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 204 · 1982

Mahishadal

Winner — 1982

DINABANDU MONDAL
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.3%INC 49.7%
Votes
35,059
50.3% share
Winning margin
431
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
81.0%
of 86,091

Mahishadal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 431 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DINABANDU MONDAL
Left Front
35,05950.3%
2
RAMANI MOHAN MAITY
INC
34,62849.7%

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 (208th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.6% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
208th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
185th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.3%INC 49.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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