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West Bengal, India: Pre Delimitation State Assembly Constituency Boundaries and Election Data, 2006

Description:

This polygon shapefile shows pre-delimitation state Legislative Assembly constituency boundaries and data relating to the 2006 Assembly elections for the State of West Bengal, India. Map includes data for 294 constituencies. Includes attribute data on election parties, candidates, voters, and results. This layer is part of the Poll Map of India which includes parliamentary constituency boundaries for India, Assembly constituency boundaries for all states, and data relating to the past national elections for each State of India.This data can be used for election analysis, forecasting, and mapping: Enables profiling of individual constituencies, permits historical analysis of the data, and helps predictive estimate of the impact of regional and state-wise electorate swings on the performance of political parties. These data are intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production.

Resource Link:

http://hdl.handle.net/2451/60202

Identifier:

http://hdl.handle.net/2451/60202

Language:

English

Publisher:

ML InfoMap (Firm)

Provider:

NYU

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Elections, Political Parties, Voting, Politics and government, Boundaries, and Society

Temporal Coverage:

2016

Spatial Coverage:

West Bengal (India), Bally (India), Bankura (India : District), Darjeeling (India : District), Daspur (India), Dum Dum (India), Hugli (India : District), Jalpaiguri (India : District), Kalya·ni (India), Kashipur (Bengal, India), Maldah District (India), and Mayureswar (India)

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile