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Winner — 2000

ALAMGIR ALAM
INC· INC
INC 44.0%BJP 31.3%8 others 24.8%
Votes
49,218
44.0% share
Winning margin
14,185
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
62.8%
of 1,78,407

A clear win with a 12.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ALAMGIR ALAM
INC
49,21844.0%
2
VENI PRASAD GUPTA
NDA
35,03331.3%
3
MOHAMMAD IQBAL
18,76716.8%
4
SHYAM YADAV
6,7066.0%
5
MD. EQUBAL
BSP
1,1081.0%
6
NIRANJAN GHOSH
BHJVP
4230.4%
7
RAJ KUMAR PATWARI
3310.3%
8
MD. REZAUL HAQUE
BJC(R)
2040.2%
9
ANAND TURI
IND
1090.1%
10
SUKUMAR SEN
IND
870.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (121st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.5% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
121st of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
240th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
80th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%BJP 31.3%CPM 16.8%JMM 6.0%OTH 2.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

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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