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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1977

Diamond Harbour

Winner — 1977

ABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 60.0%JNP 31.6%1 others 8.4%
Votes
36,584
60.0% share
Winning margin
17,343
28.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
60.1%
of 1,01,377

Diamond Harbour is a safe seat — ABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA won by 28.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA
Left Front
36,58460.0%
2
SANKARI PRASAD MONDAL
Janata
19,24131.6%
3
SEIKH DAULAT ALI
INC
5,1188.4%

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 (155th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.3% · max 28.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
155th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
179th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 60.0%JNP 31.6%INC 8.4%

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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture
Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Warren Hasting’s House

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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