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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1969
Kaliachak
Winner — 1969
SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 35.5%IND 25.8%4 others 38.6%
Votes
17,457
35.5% share
Winning margin
4,761
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.8%
of 73,557
A clear win with a 9.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD | INC | 17,457 | 35.5% |
| 2 | PROMODE RANJAN BOSE | IND | 12,696 | 25.9% |
| 3 | NUHULL ISLAM | Left | 7,812 | 15.9% |
| 4 | MONI BHUSHAN SARKAR | NDF | 7,071 | 14.4% |
| 5 | BIBHUTI BHUSAN MISRA | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 3,922 | 8.0% |
| 6 | HAJI MOHAMED ABDUS SATTAR | Swatantra Party | 160 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (59th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.3% · max 33.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
59th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
287th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.5%IND 25.9%CPM 15.9%NDF 14.4%BJS 8.0%OTH 0.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.