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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 263 · 2016 by-elections
Monteswar
Winner — 2016 by-elections
Saikat Panja
AITC
AITC 78.1%CPM 10.7%4 others 11.2%
Votes
1,47,316
78.1% share
Winning margin
1,27,127
67.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Monteswar is a safe seat — Saikat Panja won by 67.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saikat Panja |  AITC | 1,47,316 | 78.1% |
| 2 | MD. Osman dani Sarkar | 20,189 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Biswajit Poddar | 16,073 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Bulbul Ahmmed Sekh | 2,885 | 1.5% | |
| 5 | Ansarul Aman Mondal (Babu) | 1,463 | 0.8% | |
| 6 | Sk Ekramul Hossain | PDS | 778 | 0.4% |
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 (138th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe67.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.4% · max 90.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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138th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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174th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 78.1%CPM 10.7%BJP 8.5%OTH 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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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