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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1991

Kalimpong

Winner — 1991

NIMA TSHERING MOKTAN
IND
IND 59.4%CPI 20.2%6 others 20.5%
Votes
48,332
59.4% share
Winning margin
31,926
39.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,28,346

Kalimpong is a safe seat — NIMA TSHERING MOKTAN won by 39.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIMA TSHERING MOKTAN
IND
48,33259.4%
2
MOHAN SINGH RAI (DUKHUN)
Left Front
16,40620.2%
3
UDAI PRAKASH RAI
BJP
8,41810.3%
4
LESLIE JOHN CHATER
IND
3,8864.8%
5
C.B. RANA
IND
2,0302.5%
6
R. B. KHATIWARA
IND
1,4541.8%
7
S.R. BHUTIA
IND
4680.6%
8
R. K. SUMAN
IND
4010.5%

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.

Low turnout (293rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 27.9% · min 0.9% · max 84.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
293rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
28th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 59.4%CPI 20.2%BJP 10.3%OTH 10.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%

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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