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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1971
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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MD. SOHRAB | Congress (R) | 19,504 | 38.1% |
| 2 | SHISH MOHAMMAD | 16,472 | 32.2% | |
| 3 | SARKAR BONOY BHUSAN | IND | 5,598 | 10.9% |
| 4 | BISWAS SAH MOHAMMAD | IND | 5,092 | 10.0% |
| 5 | HABIBUR RAHMAN | SUC | 2,302 | 4.5% |
| 6 | YFAD ALI | IND | 1,396 | 2.7% |
| 7 | ABUL KALAM | IND | 467 | 0.9% |
| 8 | EKARI GOPAL SARKAR | IND | 300 | 0.6% |
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
lean5.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.3% · max 50.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
98th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
146th of 294Where 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 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.