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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1991

Hirapur

Winner — 1991

MUMTAZ HASSAN
JD 34.5%INC 32.7%9 others 32.8%
Votes
30,209
34.5% share
Winning margin
1,525
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
60.5%
of 1,44,838

Hirapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,525 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUMTAZ HASSAN
30,20934.5%
2
SUHRID BASU MALLICK
INC
28,68432.7%
3
PRADIP MAJUMDAR
BJP
25,61729.2%
4
SUSANTA THAKUR
IND
8551.0%
5
BIJOY KUMAR SHARMA
7860.9%
6
JOYDEB SAM
AMB
5780.7%
7
MIRA GARAI
IND
3820.4%
8
SUDHESWAR RAJBHAR
2260.3%
9
NIRMAL MALIK
IND
1470.2%
10
BHAGABAT KUMAR BANIK
IND
1020.1%
11
JAY SHANKAR CHOUDHARY
IND
610.1%

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.

Average turnout (67th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 1.6% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
67th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
218th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 34.5%INC 32.7%BJP 29.2%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
77,17,563
Density
1099 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,024 km²
SC population27.4%
ST population6.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 77.8%Muslim 20.7%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.1%
Electricity61.6%
Sanitation55.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated79.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.8%
Women literate73.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.1%
Clean cooking fuel44.2%
Health insurance29.5%

What's nearby?

17 locations
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