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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 143 · 1987

Jorasanko

Winner — 1987

DEOKI NANDAN PODDAR
INC· INC
INC 55.0%FBL 29.7%8 others 15.3%
Votes
25,519
55.0% share
Winning margin
11,757
25.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
57.8%
of 80,194

Jorasanko is a safe seat — DEOKI NANDAN PODDAR won by 25.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEOKI NANDAN PODDAR
INC
25,51955.0%
2
SUKUMAR DAS
FBL
13,76229.7%
3
DURGA PRASAD NATHANI
BJP
3,7778.1%
4
KRISHNA GOPAL SINHA
2,7325.9%
5
AKHTAR ALAM
IND
1600.3%
6
SATISH CHANDRA VYAS
IND
1070.2%
7
RAHATULLA KHAN
IND
1030.2%
8
MIR ASGAR ALI
IND
970.2%
9
NAGAR MAL SONI
IND
790.2%
10
RADHE SHYAM JALAN
IND
440.1%

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 (105th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
105th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
208th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.0%FBL 29.7%BJP 8.1%JNP 5.9%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

17 locations
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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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