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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1982

Araidanga

Winner — 1982

HABIB MUSTAFA
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.5%INC 48.0%1 others 2.4%
Votes
35,012
49.5% share
Winning margin
1,048
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
84.7%
of 83,443

Araidanga was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,048 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HABIB MUSTAFA
Left Front
35,01249.5%
2
SAJJAD AHMED
INC
33,96448.0%
3
SUBODH CHANDRA MISRA
1,7162.4%

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.

High turnout (56th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.7% · min 0.8% · max 67.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
56th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
196th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.5%INC 48.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

7 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Pandua

Pandua

Heritage SiteWikidata
Adina Masjid

Adina Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Adina Masjid

Adina Masjid

Adina Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Adina Masjid

Eklakhi Mausoleum

Eklakhi Mausoleum

🏛️MonumentASI

Eklakhi Mausoleum

Eklakhi Mausoleum

Eklakhi Mausoleum

🏛️MonumentASI

Eklakhi Mausoleum

Qutub Sahi Masjid

Qutub Sahi Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Qutub Sahi Masjid

Qutub Sahi Masjid

Qutub Sahi Masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Qutub Sahi Masjid

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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