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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 49 · 2001

Kaliachak

Winner — 2001

ABU HASEM KHAN CHOWDHURY
INC· AITC + INC
INC 48.6%CPM 43.2%3 others 8.2%
Votes
65,540
48.6% share
Winning margin
7,364
5.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
80.2%
of 1,67,998

A clear win with a 5.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABU HASEM KHAN CHOWDHURY
AITC + INC
65,54048.6%
2
BISWANATH GHOSH
Left Front
58,17643.2%
3
GHANASHYAM MANDAL
BJP
6,9465.2%
4
DHIRENDRA NATH SARKAR
CPI(ML)(L)
2,1441.6%
5
SHAH MAHAMMED BISWAS
IND
1,9461.4%

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 (79th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
5.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.6% · min 1.0% · max 19.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
79th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
230th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.6%CPM 43.2%BJP 5.2%OTH 3.0%

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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