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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1996
Islampur
Winner — 1996
CHOWDHURY ABDUL KARIM
INC· INC
INC 43.9%CPM 42.7%7 others 13.3%
Votes
50,334
44.0% share
Winning margin
1,395
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
73.1%
of 1,56,733
Islampur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 1,395 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHOWDHURY ABDUL KARIM | INC | 50,334 | 44.0% |
| 2 | MD. FARUQUE AZAM | Left Front | 48,939 | 42.7% |
| 3 | RANJAN HALDER | BJP | 11,823 | 10.3% |
| 4 | SUBAL SHARMA | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,341 | 1.2% |
| 5 | NITYANANDA MANDAL | 801 | 0.7% | |
| 6 | MD. AFJAL HUSSAIN | IND | 435 | 0.4% |
| 7 | NILKAMAL MALLICK | IND | 364 | 0.3% |
| 8 | SOIBUR RAHMAN |  MUL | 299 | 0.3% |
| 9 | AVIJIT DEY | IND | 192 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.1% · max 34.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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40th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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214th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%CPM 42.7%BJP 10.3%OTH 3.0%
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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