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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1967

Farakka

Winner — 1967

T.A.N.NABI
BAC· United Front (1967, West Bengal)
BAC 59.6%INC 22.8%2 others 17.7%
Votes
18,812
59.6% share
Winning margin
11,618
36.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
39.8%
of 79,360

Farakka is a safe seat — T.A.N.NABI won by 36.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T.A.N.NABI
BAC
18,81259.6%
2
B.M.W.ALI
INC
7,19422.8%
3
B.K.MANDAL
IND
2,8759.1%
4
J.AHMED
IND
2,7038.6%

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 (95th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
36.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.6% · max 38.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
95th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
273rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 59.6%INC 22.8%IND 9.1%IND 8.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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