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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 147 · 1987

Kabitirtha

Winner — 1987

RAM PYARE RAM
INC· INC
INC 52.3%FBL 44.3%5 others 3.4%
Votes
45,913
52.3% share
Winning margin
6,977
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
67.0%
of 1,31,021

A clear win with a 7.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM PYARE RAM
INC
45,91352.3%
2
KALIMUDDIN SHAMS
FBL
38,93644.3%
3
RATISH BHATTACHARJEE
ICS(SCS)
1,5261.7%
4
RAMCHANDRA JAISWAL
BJP
7470.8%
5
MEENA SINGH
IND
3540.4%
6
NAGENDRA PRASAD GUPTA
IND
2340.3%
7
RAJNATH PRASAD
IND
1140.1%

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 (131st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.1% · min 1.5% · max 56.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
131st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
147th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
114th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.3%FBL 44.3%OTH 3.4%

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?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Leather GoodsGI🏺Marine Products🏷️Sundarban HoneyGI

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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