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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1987
Harishchandrapur
Winner — 1987
BIRENDRA KUMAR MITRA
FBL
FBL 43.1%INC 26.3%4 others 30.6%
Votes
35,377
43.1% share
Winning margin
13,759
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
77.1%
of 1,06,533
Harishchandrapur is a safe seat — BIRENDRA KUMAR MITRA won by 16.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIRENDRA KUMAR MITRA |  FBL | 35,377 | 43.1% |
| 2 | ABDUL WAHED | INC | 21,618 | 26.3% |
| 3 | ELIAS RAJI | IND | 16,954 | 20.6% |
| 4 | OMAR ALI |  MUL | 5,709 | 7.0% |
| 5 | DHIRENDRA DAS | IND | 1,948 | 2.4% |
| 6 | BIMAL KEDIA | IND | 556 | 0.7% |
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.
High turnout (25th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 1.0% · max 23.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
25th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
250th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 43.1%INC 26.3%IND 20.6%MUL 7.0%OTH 3.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,76,276
Density
755 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population28.8%
ST population16.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 24.6%Other 1.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity42.4%
Sanitation36.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.4%
Children fully vaccinated92.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER82.0%
Women literate74.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Clean cooking fuel28.7%
Health insurance28.3%
What's nearby?
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