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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1991

Karandighi

Winner — 1991

HAJI SAJJAD HOSSAIN
INC· INC
INC 37.9%FBL 32.1%5 others 30.0%
Votes
40,399
37.9% share
Winning margin
6,140
5.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.7%
of 1,64,623

A clear win with a 5.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HAJI SAJJAD HOSSAIN
INC
40,39937.9%
2
SINGHAN SURESH CHANDRA
FBL
34,25932.1%
3
SINGHA BANABIR
BJP
25,15023.6%
4
NABADWIP MONDAL
2,9422.8%
5
KAWAL GUHA
IND
2,2172.1%
6
TARAKESHWAR SINGHA
AMB
9770.9%
7
ANIL SINGHA
IND
6410.6%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.8%
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 37.9%FBL 32.1%BJP 23.6%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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