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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 243 · 1991

Hura

Winner — 1991

AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 56.1%INC 27.7%7 others 16.2%
Votes
51,411
56.1% share
Winning margin
25,972
28.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
72.8%
of 1,25,966

Hura is a safe seat — AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYA won by 28.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYA
Left Front
51,41156.1%
2
MADAN MOHAN MAHATO
INC
25,43927.7%
3
BAGHAMBAR MAHATO
8,6219.4%
4
PRASHANTA KISHORE LAL SINGH DEO
BJP
2,6122.9%
5
PARIKSHIT MAHATA
IND
1,8862.1%
6
DUKHU MAJHI
IND
1,0421.1%
7
BHIKSHYAKAR MAHATO
AMB
3630.4%
8
PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHATO
IND
2710.3%
9
SAKTI PADA MUKHOPADHYAY
IND
640.1%

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 (210th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 1.7% · max 30.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
210th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
136th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
90th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 56.1%INC 27.7%JMM 9.4%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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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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