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Winner — 1957

MOHAMMAD ISMAIL
IND
IND 48.9%INC 34.6%2 others 16.5%
Votes
19,619
48.9% share
Winning margin
5,751
14.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
53.3%
of 75,290

A clear win with a 14.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMMAD ISMAIL
IND
19,61948.9%
2
KAPILESHWAR MISHRA
13,86834.6%
3
HAJI ABDUL GAFFAR
3,9269.8%
4
DHIRENDRA NATH GHOSH
IND
2,6796.7%

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 (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.3% · max 62.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
225th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
25th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 48.9%INC 34.6%PSP 9.8%IND 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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