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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 260 · 1991

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Winner — 1991

GOUTAM ROY CHOWDHURY
CPM· Left Front
CPM 43.3%BJP 31.2%10 others 25.5%
Votes
43,844
43.3% share
Winning margin
12,242
12.1% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
60.8%
of 1,66,525

A clear win with a 12.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOUTAM ROY CHOWDHURY
Left Front
43,84443.3%
2
BAJRANGI GUPTA
BJP
31,60231.2%
3
PRABUDDHA LAHA
INC
24,22823.9%
4
DHANANJOY MUKHERJEE
IND
2790.3%
5
MANIK BAYEN
AMB
2720.3%
6
RABIYA KHATOON
IND
2480.2%
7
PREMANANDA MAJI
2320.2%
8
BARAN DEO RAM
2110.2%
9
NOORAN NABI
IND
1250.1%
10
AYAJ AHAMED KHAN
IND
840.1%
11
HARISH CHANDRA RAJBHAR
590.1%
12
PRASANTA KAR
IND
530.1%

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 (216th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 1.9% · max 39.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
216th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
159th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
41st of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.3%BJP 31.2%INC 23.9%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

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