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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 50 · 2001
Farakka
Winner — 2001
MAINUL HAQUE
INC· AITC + INC
INC 50.5%CPM 40.7%3 others 8.8%
Votes
57,193
50.5% share
Winning margin
11,187
9.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
75.2%
of 1,50,441
A clear win with a 9.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAINUL HAQUE | AITC + INC | 57,193 | 50.5% |
| 2 | MIR TAREKUL ISLAM | Left Front | 46,006 | 40.6% |
| 3 | SASTI CHARAN GHOSH | BJP | 5,419 | 4.8% |
| 4 | JERAT ALI | IND | 2,324 | 2.0% |
| 5 | DR. NURUL ISLAM |  MUL | 2,221 | 2.0% |
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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.2% · max 43.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
82nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
167th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
67th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.5%CPM 40.6%OTH 8.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
5 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.