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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 289 · 2001
Mahammad Bazar
Winner — 2001
DHIREN SEN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 51.5%AITC 36.5%3 others 12.0%
Votes
57,607
51.5% share
Winning margin
16,813
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.8%
of 1,57,821
Mahammad Bazar is a safe seat — DHIREN SEN won by 15.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHIREN SEN | Left Front | 57,607 | 51.5% |
| 2 | SAILEN MAHATA |  AITC | 40,794 | 36.5% |
| 3 | KASHI NATH MONDAL | BJP | 9,625 | 8.6% |
| 4 | MAHAMMAD KUDDUS ALI | IND | 2,103 | 1.9% |
| 5 | CHANDRADHAR PAL | IND | 1,686 | 1.5% |
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 (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 2.6% · max 32.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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63rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
138th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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180th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 51.5%AITC 36.5%BJP 8.6%OTH 3.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Nakshi KanthaGI🏷️Santiniketan Leather goodsGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.