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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 225 · 2001
Kharagpur Rural
Winner — 2001
NAZMUL HAQUE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.5%AITC 35.2%2 others 12.3%
Votes
66,874
52.5% share
Winning margin
22,024
17.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
74.6%
of 1,70,634
Kharagpur Rural is a safe seat — NAZMUL HAQUE won by 17.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAZMUL HAQUE | Left Front | 66,874 | 52.5% |
| 2 | AJIT KR. MAITY (S/O PURNA CHANDRA) |  AITC | 44,850 | 35.2% |
| 3 | AJIT KR. MAITY (S/O RASH BEHARI) | BJP | 12,565 | 9.9% |
| 4 | SK. NAZRUL ISLAM | PDS | 3,063 | 2.4% |
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 (129th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe17.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.4% · max 49.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
129th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
142nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.5%AITC 35.2%BJP 9.9%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,13,457
Density
631 / km²
Sex ratio
966 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,368 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population14.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.5%Muslim 10.5%Other 4.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation46.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)40.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER81.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.7%
Clean cooking fuel17.5%
Health insurance25.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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