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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIMA TSHERING MOKTAN | IND | 48,332 | 59.4% |
| 2 | MOHAN SINGH RAI (DUKHUN) | Left Front | 16,406 | 20.2% |
| 3 | UDAI PRAKASH RAI | BJP | 8,418 | 10.3% |
| 4 | LESLIE JOHN CHATER | IND | 3,886 | 4.8% |
| 5 | C.B. RANA | IND | 2,030 | 2.5% |
| 6 | R. B. KHATIWARA | IND | 1,454 | 1.8% |
| 7 | S.R. BHUTIA | IND | 468 | 0.6% |
| 8 | R. K. SUMAN | IND | 401 | 0.5% |
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
safe39.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 27.9% · min 0.9% · max 84.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
293rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
79th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
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28th of 294Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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
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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.