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West Bengal · PC 18 · 2019
Basirhat
Winner — Lok Sabha 2019
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 54.6%BJP 30.1%12 others 15.3%
Votes
7,82,078
54.6% share
Winning margin
3,50,369
24.4% of votes
Total votes cast
14,33,339
Candidates
14
Seat history
3 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.11 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
14 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nusrat Jahan Ruhi |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 7,82,078 | 54.6% |
| 2 | Sayantan Basu | NDA | 4,31,709 | 30.1% |
| 3 | Quazi Abdur Rahim | 1,04,183 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Pallab Sengupta | 68,316 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Parimal Mistri | IND | 10,953 | 0.8% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 9,106 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Abul Kashem Dhali | 4,680 | 0.3% | |
| 8 | Subhasis Kumar Bhowmik | IND | 4,301 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Amiya Sarkar | IND | 4,065 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Ajay Kumar Bain | SUCI(C) | 3,824 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Abdul Hannan Sardar | IND | 3,433 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Md. Tabarok Hossain Molla | ALINLBP | 2,707 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Mizanoor Rahaman | IND | 2,375 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Imamul Hasan Mallik | BNARP | 1,609 | 0.1% |
High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean24.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.2% · max 39.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
4th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
40th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 54.6%BJP 30.1%INC 7.3%OTH 7.4%NOTA 0.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/13
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.11 Cr
A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.