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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 110 · 1972

Diamond Harbour

Winner — 1972

DAULAT ALI SHEIKH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 56.9%CPM 43.1%
Votes
35,457
56.9% share
Winning margin
8,596
13.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
69.3%
of 89,917

A clear win with a 13.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAULAT ALI SHEIKH
Congress (R)
35,45756.9%
2
ABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA
Left
26,86143.1%

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 (198th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 3.3% · max 37.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
198th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
178th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.9%CPM 43.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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