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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 46 · 1972
Farakka
Winner — 1972
JERAT ALI
CPM· Left
CPM 44.1%INC 40.5%1 others 15.3%
Votes
20,787
44.1% share
Winning margin
1,675
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
54.9%
of 85,859
A closely fought contest. JERAT ALI won with a 3.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JERAT ALI | Left | 20,787 | 44.1% |
| 2 | MD WAZED ALI | Congress (R) | 19,112 | 40.5% |
| 3 | SOHIDUL ALAM |  MUL | 7,234 | 15.3% |
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
lean3.5%
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
CPM 44.1%INC 40.5%MUL 15.3%
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.