MaheshtalaAssembly by-election result, 1979
M.A.Sayeed (CPM) won Maheshtala in the 1979 assembly by-election with 76.2% of the vote, beating S.Naskar (INC(I)) by 33,499 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 115 was Patharpratima. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 115 is Rajarhat New Town. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — M.A.SAYEED won by 56.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.A.SAYEED | 45,25976.2% | |
| 2 | S.NASKAR  INC(I) | INC(I) | 11,76019.8% |
| 3 | D.DE | 1,5202.6% | |
| 4 | J.BASU | 7771.3% | |
| 5 | K.N.ROY IND | IND | 930.2% |
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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
CPM and INC(I) took 96% of the votes.
Parties in the race 1.61 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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