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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 48 · 1971

Jangipur

Winner — 1971

RADARUDDIN AHAMMAD
IND
IND 27.1%INC 25.4%6 others 47.4%
Votes
9,779
27.1% share
Winning margin
611
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
44.3%
of 81,315

Jangipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 611 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RADARUDDIN AHAMMAD
IND
9,77927.1%
2
ASRAF HOSSAIN
Congress (R)
9,16825.4%
3
ABDUL HAQUF
6,45317.9%
4
ACHIVTYA SINGHA
SUC
5,55215.4%
5
PRASANTA CHATTOPADHYA
1,7224.8%
6
JOYANTA KUMAR DAS
IND
1,5994.4%
7
MUNDRA RAJARAM
IND
1,2043.3%
8
ASHUTOSH NOM
IND
5751.6%

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 (133rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 1.7% · max 58.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
133rd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
189th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 27.1%INC 25.4%RSP 17.9%SUC 15.4%OTH 14.2%

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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