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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 205 · 1987Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1987

LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETH
CPM· Left Front
CPM 55.3%INC 44.7%
Votes
62,477
55.3% share
Winning margin
12,039
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
81.3%
of 1,38,872

A clear win with a 10.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETH
Left Front
62,47755.3%
2
NARENDRA NATH PATRA
INC
50,43844.7%

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 (205th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
10.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.8% · min 0.5% · max 22.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
205th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
228th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
252nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 55.3%INC 44.7%

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?

3 locations
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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