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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 94 · 1996

Baduria

Winner — 1996

QUAZI ABDUL GUFFAR
INC· INC
INC 47.8%CPM 43.5%5 others 8.6%
Votes
58,967
47.8% share
Winning margin
5,303
4.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
89.2%
of 1,38,217

A closely fought contest. QUAZI ABDUL GUFFAR won with a 4.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
QUAZI ABDUL GUFFAR
INC
58,96747.8%
2
MD. SHELIM
Left Front
53,66443.5%
3
PALLAB CHAUDHURI
BJP
9,1217.4%
4
AKHIL CHAKRABORTY
IND
5700.5%
5
SAFIKUL SOHAJI
INL
5120.4%
6
DIPAK KUMAR SARKAR
AMB
2170.2%
7
MD. ASRAFF ALI
IND
2080.2%

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.

Low turnout (264th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
4.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.5% · min 0.1% · max 24.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
264th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
269th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
288th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.8%CPM 43.5%BJP 7.4%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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