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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 204 · 2001

Mahishadal

Winner — 2001

DIPAK KUMAR GHOSH
AITC· AITC + INC
AITC 50.5%CPM 43.9%4 others 5.5%
Votes
60,118
50.5% share
Winning margin
7,898
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
84.8%
of 1,40,324

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DIPAK KUMAR GHOSH
AITC
AITC + INC
60,11850.5%
2
DR. SUBRATA MAITI
Left Front
52,22043.9%
3
MRITUNJAY PANIGRAHI
BJP
3,7283.1%
4
TRILOCHAN KUILA
1,2131.0%
5
RAMGOPAL PRAMANIK
IND
9900.8%
6
SK. SHAH NAWAZ
6610.6%

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 (208th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.6% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
208th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
185th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 50.5%CPM 43.9%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

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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