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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1996

Jangipur

Winner — 1996

HABIBUR RAHAMAN
INC· INC
INC 46.4%RSP 45.8%5 others 7.8%
Votes
58,181
46.4% share
Winning margin
691
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
85.1%
of 1,47,469

Jangipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 691 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HABIBUR RAHAMAN
INC
58,18146.4%
2
ABDUL HAQUE
Left Front
57,49045.8%
3
HARIRANJAN SARKAR
BJP
5,7444.6%
4
ANURADHA (BANERJEE) MONDAL
IND
2,8952.3%
5
KASIM ALI
IND
5060.4%
6
SEN SUKUMAR
IND
3710.3%
7
NAZMUL HOQUE
IND
3220.3%

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 (50th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.3% · max 20.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
50th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.4%RSP 45.8%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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