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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 174 · 1996

Kalyanpur

Winner — 1996

ASIT MITRA
INC· INC
INC 49.5%CPM 48.1%4 others 2.4%
Votes
55,701
49.5% share
Winning margin
1,640
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
83.1%
of 1,35,363

Kalyanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,640 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASIT MITRA
INC
55,70149.5%
2
MAQSUD AHMED
Left Front
54,06148.0%
3
BALAI CHANDRA BASU
BJP
2,4152.1%
4
JOYDEV KANRAR
AMB
1240.1%
5
ASHOK MANNA
IND
1100.1%
6
SK. MUJIBAR RAHAMAN
IND
960.1%

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 (75th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 0.7% · max 56.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
75th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
122nd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.5%CPM 48.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

1 location
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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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