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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1977

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Winner — 1977

HAJI SAJJAD HUSSAIN
INC· INC
INC 37.3%JNP 27.7%4 others 35.0%
Votes
14,041
37.3% share
Winning margin
3,639
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
48.7%
of 77,138

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HAJI SAJJAD HUSSAIN
INC
INC
14,04137.3%
2
AMAREN IRANATH SINHA
JNP
Janata
10,40227.7%
3
SURESH CHANDRA SINHA
FBL
6,11316.3%
4
SAMAR MUKHERJEE
IND
4,22911.3%
5
MIR NOOR ISLAM
IND
2,0925.6%
6
JIBENDRA ROY
IND
7221.9%

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 (230th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 2.8% · max 56.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
230th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.02
fewer partiesmore parties
285th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
239th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.3%JNP 27.7%FBL 16.3%IND 11.3%IND 5.6%OTH 1.9%

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
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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