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Winner — 1951

CHOWDHARY MOHAMAD AFAQUE
INC 90.2%SP 9.8%
Votes
17,003
90.2% share
Winning margin
15,156
80.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
27.3%
of 69,117

Islampur is a safe seat — CHOWDHARY MOHAMAD AFAQUE won by 80.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHOWDHARY MOHAMAD AFAQUE
17,00390.2%
2
BALDEO PRASAD
1,8479.8%

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.

Low turnout (238th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
80.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 0.3% · max 80.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
238th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
197th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.2%
lowerhigher
63rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 90.2%SP 9.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,28,407
Density
1139 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,395 km²
SC population15.6%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.3%Muslim 7.3%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity15.0%
Sanitation27.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.9%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)44.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate64.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.2%
Clean cooking fuel42.9%
Health insurance9.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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