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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1951
Kalimpong
Winner — 1951
LALIT BAHADUR KHARGA
CPI 59.9%INC 40.1%
Votes
7,422
59.9% share
Winning margin
2,447
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
29.4%
of 42,214
Kalimpong is a safe seat — LALIT BAHADUR KHARGA won by 19.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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.
High turnout (6th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 1.6% · max 29.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
98%
lowerhigher
6th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
249th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
71st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 59.9%INC 40.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
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