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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1969
Farakka
Winner — 1969
SK. SAHADAT HOSSAIN
BAC· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
BAC 31.8%PML 30.2%4 others 38.0%
Votes
12,951
31.8% share
Winning margin
679
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
51.5%
of 79,099
Farakka was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 679 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK. SAHADAT HOSSAIN | BAC | 12,951 | 31.8% |
| 2 | ZOHAD AHMED | PML | 12,272 | 30.2% |
| 3 | NUR MOHAMMAD BISWAS | INC | 7,283 | 17.9% |
| 4 | SATYADEB GUPTA | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 6,926 | 17.0% |
| 5 | T . A . NURAN NABI | IND | 976 | 2.4% |
| 6 | M . A . HANNAN ALHAJ | Swatantra Party | 285 | 0.7% |
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
lean1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.6% · max 38.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
95th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
273rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BAC 31.8%PML 30.2%INC 17.9%BJS 17.0%OTH 3.1%
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.