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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 89 · 2001
Amdanga
Winner — 2001
HASHIM ABDUL HALIM
CPM· Left Front
CPM 46.7%AITC 46.7%3 others 6.6%
Votes
65,534
46.7% share
Winning margin
64
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
81.0%
of 1,72,996
Amdanga was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 64 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HASHIM ABDUL HALIM | Left Front | 65,534 | 46.7% |
| 2 | DR. M. NURUZZAMAN |  AITC | 65,470 | 46.7% |
| 3 | KRISHNA PAUL | BJP | 5,638 | 4.0% |
| 4 | MOTIAR RAHAMAN BISWAS | PDS | 2,155 | 1.5% |
| 5 | HAZI ASRAF ALI | IND | 1,413 | 1.0% |
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.
Low turnout (255th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 0.1% · max 34.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
255th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
282nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
103rd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.7%AITC 46.7%OTH 6.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.