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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1991

Beldanga

Winner — 1991

NURUL ISLAM CHOWDHURY
INC· INC
INC 41.2%RSP 37.6%7 others 21.2%
Votes
47,804
41.2% share
Winning margin
4,145
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
73.0%
of 1,58,837

A closely fought contest. NURUL ISLAM CHOWDHURY won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NURUL ISLAM CHOWDHURY
INC
47,80441.2%
2
SK. NOWSHAD ALI
Left Front
43,65937.6%
3
AJIT MOITRA
BJP
20,44417.6%
4
SK. ABDUS SUKUR
IND
1,0670.9%
5
SIRAJUL ISLAM
IND
9490.8%
6
ANISUR RAHAMAN KHODA BUKHSH
JP
7780.7%
7
REZAUL KARIM MONDAL
IND
6420.6%
8
ABDUL MOTALEB
4330.4%
9
BHABESH CHANDRA DAS
IND
2420.2%

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 (61st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
61st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
199th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.2%RSP 37.6%BJP 17.6%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

33 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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