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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 29 · 1977

Goalpokhar

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Winner — 1977

RAMJAN ALI
IND
IND 38.4%IND 9.8%15 others 51.7%
Votes
14,363
38.4% share
Winning margin
10,696
28.6% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
44.8%
of 83,333

Goalpokhar is a safe seat — RAMJAN ALI won by 28.6%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMJAN ALI
IND
14,36338.4%
2
PURAN CHAND MEHESWARI
IND
3,6679.8%
3
NANI GOPAL BISWAS
IND
3,1438.4%
4
MD. NAZIR AHSEN
IND
3,0808.2%
5
BABURAM SARDAR
IND
2,9848.0%
6
SHEIKH SHARAFAT HUSSAIN
INC
INC
2,3376.3%
7
MD. SALIMUDDIN
JNP
Janata
2,2906.1%
8
FAZIR MOHAMMAD
FBL
9542.5%
9
ATIUR RAHAMAN
IND
7762.1%
10
GOLAM MOHIUDDIN
IND
6671.8%
11
NAZIR AHMED
IND
6381.7%
12
AHRAR BURQUE
IND
5571.5%
13
MD. QURBAN ALI
IND
5221.4%
14
ISMAIL
IND
4411.2%
15
HARI PRASAD GHOSE
IND
4111.1%
16
NURUL HUDA
IND
2700.7%
17
ENAMUL HAQUE
IND
2670.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (227th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.8% · max 41.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
227th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
268th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
48th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 38.4%IND 9.8%IND 8.4%IND 8.2%IND 8.0%INC 6.3%OTH 20.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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