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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1971

Suti

Winner — 1971

MD. SOHRAB
INC· Congress (R)
INC 38.1%RSP 32.2%6 others 29.6%
Votes
19,504
38.1% share
Winning margin
3,032
5.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.5%
of 87,463

A clear win with a 5.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MD. SOHRAB
Congress (R)
19,50438.1%
2
SHISH MOHAMMAD
16,47232.2%
3
SARKAR BONOY BHUSAN
IND
5,59810.9%
4
BISWAS SAH MOHAMMAD
IND
5,09210.0%
5
HABIBUR RAHMAN
SUC
2,3024.5%
6
YFAD ALI
IND
1,3962.7%
7
ABUL KALAM
IND
4670.9%
8
EKARI GOPAL SARKAR
IND
3000.6%

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 (98th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.3% · max 50.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
98th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
146th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.1%RSP 32.2%IND 10.9%IND 10.0%OTH 8.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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