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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1987
Islampur
Winner — 1987
MD. FARUQUE AZAM
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.0%INC 47.7%3 others 3.3%
Votes
36,208
49.0% share
Winning margin
945
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.9%
of 1,13,900
Islampur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 945 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MD. FARUQUE AZAM | Left Front | 36,208 | 49.0% |
| 2 | CHOWDHURY MOHAMMAD ABDUL KARIM | INC | 35,263 | 47.7% |
| 3 | AGARWAL CHOUTHMAL | BJP | 1,346 | 1.8% |
| 4 | TARANI KANTA SINGHA | IND | 646 | 0.9% |
| 5 | MAHAMADDIN AHMED | 443 | 0.6% |
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 (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.1% · max 34.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
40th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
214th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.0%INC 47.7%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.