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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 125 · 2011

Basirhat Uttar

Winner — 2011

MOSTAFA BIN QUASEM
CPM· Left Front
CPM 45.2%AITC 42.8%4 others 12.0%
Votes
75,575
45.2% share
Winning margin
3,943
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
86.6%
of 1,93,135

A closely fought contest. MOSTAFA BIN QUASEM won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

1 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.07 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOSTAFA BIN QUASEM
Left Front
75,57545.2%
2
SARDAR AMJAD ALI
AITC
UPA
71,63242.8%
3
SOUMEN MANDAL
BJP
9,3165.6%
4
RAFIKUL MANDAL
PDCI
7,3274.4%
5
PROSANTA BISWAS
1,8291.1%
6
ANWAR HOSSAIN MOLLA
AIMF
1,5690.9%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.1% · max 41.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
11th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
157th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 45.2%AITC 42.8%BJP 5.6%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.07 Cr

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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